Sir Roger Norrington

{ Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington (16 March 1934 – 18 July 2025) was an English conductor, best known for historically informed performances of baroque, classical, and romantic music, which often entailed minimal use of vibrato and applying historically informed principles to modern orchestras. He was the musical director at the Kent Opera, the London Classical Players, Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Orchestra of St. Luke's. From the 1990s he was the principal conductor of the Camerata Salzburg and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he developed the "Stuttgart Sound". He was a guest conductor for major orchestras and an advisor to musical societies. {

Alla Hornpipe. Beethoven: Choral Symphony - Handel: Water Music & Ombra mai fu - Wagner: Lohengrin & Tristan und Isolde - Mozart: Ave verum & Requiem - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - 2025-01-29 00:00:00

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 - 2022-11-11 00:00:00

Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, Haydn-Variationen, Op. 56a & Tragische Ouvertüre, Op. 81 - 2022-11-11 00:00:00

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Prague Version) - 2022-11-11 00:00:00

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great" & Rosamunde - 2022-10-14 00:00:00

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