Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen and an electrifying L.A. Philharmonic

In his annual return to his old orchestra, the conductor makes connections across the centuries with a program pairing Witold Lutoslawski and Beethoven.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic did not become an international leader of orchestras by succumbing to sentimentality. Where other ensembles become fixated on major composers' anniversaries, Angelenos were lucky to get a nod for, say, the bicentennial of Liszt's birth last year.

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