by It is difficult to imagine another conductor of the last few times who has polarized the opinion more than Roger Norrington. On the one hand, those who admired his tireless examination of the performance practice of the 18th and 19th centuries, and the way he started the results in his work with the results classic players classic in London in London, who started the idea of historically informed performance about the then limited area of classic era in the orchestral music of Schumann, Berlioz, Berlioz, Berlioz, Berlioz, Berlioz, Brahms and Wagner and Wagner. On the other hand, those who considered Norrington “experiments” as eccentric and, in the worst case, as deeply destructive, especially if he carried out these ideas such as his hatred of string vibrato into his work with the many traditional symphony orchestras, which he carried out during his career.
Both aspects of his life are well represented in the many recordings – well over 100 – that Norrington made. Another important aspect of his work as an opera leader (especially in the 1970s and early 1980s at the first regional opera company in Great Britain, from which he was the founding music director), is less well represented, and a later product must have selected in this important contribution.
Beethoven’s ninth symphony – London Classical Players (1987)
Norrington cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies, overtures and concerts, all of which were recorded on the London players classic players in London in London.
Wagner Overure – London Classical Players (1990)
Even today, the performances by Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler were not exactly everyday, but when Norrington took his groundbreaking recordings in the 1990s, they were really unexplored areas.
Mozarts Don Giovanni – London Classical Players (1993)
Norrington’s two Mozart sets with the London classic player-dieser Don Giovanni and a magic flute published the following year were a lot of trail blazers when they were recorded over three decades ago.
Vaughan Williams’ London Symphony – London Philharmonic Orchestra (2000)
British music was another enthusiasm for Norrington, and his cycle of the Vaughan Williams Symphonies and the recordings of Elgar was very admired.
Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 – SWR Radio Symphony Stuttgart (2006)
From 1998 to 2011, Norrington was the main conductor of Stuttgart Radio Orchestra and made a whole range of pictures of the mainstream repertoire, including a full Mahler cycle.
Berlioz ‘Symphony Fantastique – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (2013)
The London classic players were dissolved in 1997 and their data was covered by the OAE, with which Norrington occasionally performed until his retirement in 2021.
