Sir Roger Norrington

Roger Norrington was among both the most controversial and the most durably successful conductors of the historical performance movement, having influenced the scene in his native Britain from the early '60s. Over a distinguished career, he has extended historical performance principles forward to the music of Mahler and even beyond, forging unconventional interpretations that often use fast tempos and strictly avoid vibrato. Norrington remained active into old age, releasing a recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) with the London Philharmonic in 2015. Several of his recordings with the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart were reissued in the late 2010s and early 2020s. Norrington retired in 2021 and passed away on July 18, 2025.