Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Bruckner Seventh. by
Paul J. Pelkonen |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen does his best Karajan face. Photo © Signum Classics. |
In the course of his conducting career, the Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen has focused heavily on the music of contemporary composers and the 20th century. True, there's been Beethoven here and there, and excursions into Wagner. However, as Mr. Salonen prepares to take over a new job in San Francisco, a reconsideration of repertory is ...
