#85 The Smell of Answered Desires

It's amazing how true this concert is, how good it is in answering question, pleas and desires. The assuring piano line against the doubts in strings like at 4'15''... Positive, self-assured music. It knows exactly where it's going.

Bronfman and Salonen understand each other, and it's always a pleasure to hear them together. Salonen wrote his piano concerto at the end of his LAP tenure, and he would like to focus more on composing now. Good for him, good for us.

Composer: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Work: Piano Concerto, Movement II
Recording: Yefim Bronfman, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen