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.

Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 - 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Overtures - 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Vienna Version) - 2022-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 - 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Martinů: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 - 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000000Z

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