Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington est né le 16 mars 1934 à Oxford. Il est particulièrement renommé pour ses interprétations sur instruments d'époque
Norrington étudie au Royal College of Music de Londres, avec notamment Adrian Boult comme professeur. Jusque dans les années 1960, il travaille comme ténor, avant de fonder en 1962 le Schütz Choir (plus tard le Schütz Choir of London).
De 1969 à 1984, il est directeur musical de l'Opéra de Kent. En 1978, il fonde l'ensemble London Classical Players avec John Holloway dont il a assuré la direction musicale jusqu'à sa nomination à l'Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Stuttgart en 1997. Il a également dirigé l'Orchestre de chambre de St Luke à New York, de 1990 à 1994.
Ses tempos rapides, avec un usage limité du vibrato, impriment une marque nette sur ses interprétations qui ne laissent pas indifférent. Son intégrale des symphonies de Ludwig van Beethoven respecte les indications métronomiques du compositeur, indications que les autres chefs d'orchestre jugent exagérées.
Ses enregistrements :
Mahrler: Symphony No.5 w. SWR (2006)
Mahrler: Symphony No.4 w. SWR (2006)
Brahms: Complete Symphonies w. SWR (2006)
Berlioz: Requiem w. SWR (2006)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3/No.4 w. SWR (2005)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.16/Violin Concerto in D w. Camerata Salzburg, Hope, Knauer (2005)
Mahrler: Symphony No.1 w. SWR (2005)
Vaughan-Williams: Symphoniy No.6/ Brahms: Symphony No.4 w. Leipzig Gewanthaus O. (2005)
Brahms: Symphony No.1/ Tragic Overture w. SWR (2005)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.1/No.5 w. SWR (2005)
Schumann: Symphony No.2/No.4 w. SWR (2005)
Schumann: Symphony No.1/No.3 w. SWR (2005)
Brahms: Symphony No.2 w. SWR (2005)
Wagner: Die Walküre Act 1 w. SWR (2004)
Schumann: Symphony No.1 et.al. w. SWR (2004)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique w. SWR (2004)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 / Wagner: Parsifal w. SWR (2004)
Brahms: Violin Concerto w. BPO, Kennedy (2004)
Beethoven/Schumann: Violin Concerto w. SWR (2004)
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Symphony No.1 w. SWR (2004)
Nielsen: Symphony No.2 et.al. w. SWR (2004)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 etc. w. SWR (2004)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5/Schumann: Symphony No.2 w. SWR (2004)
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Symphony No.4 w. SWR (2004)
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Symphony No.3 w. SWR (2004)
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 w. SWR (2003)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.5/No.6 w. SWR (2003)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.7/No.8 w. SWR (2003)
Schubert: Symphony in C major w. SWR (2003)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.1/No.2 w. SWR (2003)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.3/No.4 w. SWR (2003)
Brahms: Symphony No.4 w. SWR (2003)
Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ w. SWR (2003)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique w. SWR (2003)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.5/No.7 w. SWR (2002)
Holst: The Planets/Elgar: Serenade for Str. Orch. w. SWR (2002)
Rossini: 200th Birthday Gala w. O. of St. Lukes (2002)
Mendelssohn/Beethoven: Violin Concerto w. Camerata Salzburg, Bell (2002)
Mozart: Symphony No.41/Stravinsky: Danses concertantes w. Camerata Salzburg (2001)
Mahler: Symphony No.1 w. OAE (2001)
Eder:Episoden - Piano Concerto w. Camerata Salzburg, Tan (2001)
Haydn: Symphony No.104/Schumann: Symphony No.2 w. SWR (2000)
Beethoven: Missa solemnis w. SWR (2000)
Elgar: Symphony No.1 w. SWR (2000)
Vaughan-Williams: Symphoniy No.2 etc. w. LPO (2000)
Maw: Violin Concerto w. LPO, Bell (1999)
Handel to Mozart: Airs w. OAE, Scholl (1999)
Bach: Cantatas w. Camerata Salzburg, Goerne (1999)
Handel: Operatic airs w. OAE, Daniels (1998)
Vaughan-Williams: Symphonies No.4/No.6 w. LPO (1998)
Vaughan-Williams: Symphonies No.3/No.5 w. LPO (1998)
Land of Hope and Glory w. LPO, LPO Choir, etc. (1997)
Handel: Water Music/Music for the Royal Fireworks w. LCP (1997)
Smetana: Ma vlast w. LCP (1997)
Haydn: Cello Concertos w. ECO, Isserlis (1996)
Bruckner: Symphony No.3 w. LCP (1996)
Brahms: Symphonies No.3/No.4 w. LCP (1996)
Wagner: overtures w. LCP, Eaglen (1995)
Weber: Symphonies No.1/No.2 w. LCP, Tan (1995)
Haydn: Symphonies No.103/No.104 w. LCP (1994)
Haydn: Symphonies No.101/No.102 w. LCP (1994)
Haydn: Symphonies No.99/No.100 w. LCP (1994)
Purcell: The Fairy Queen w. LCP (1994)
Brahms: Symphony No.2 w. LCP (1993)
Mozart: Don Giovanni w. LCP, Schütz Choir, Schmidt, Dawson, Argenta, etc. (1993)
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem w. LCP, Dawson, Bär, Schütz Choir (1993)
Mozart: requiem w. LCP, Argenta, Robbin, Ainsley, Miles, Schütz Choir, etc (1992)
Mozart: Piano Concertos No.20/No.23 w. LCP, Tan (1992)
Schubert: Symphonies No.4/No.6 w. LCP (1992)
Mozart: Symphonies No.38/No.40 w. LCP (1992)
Rossini: Overtures w. LCP (1991)
Mozart: Symphonies No.39/No.41 w. LCP (1991)
Brahms: Symphony No.1 w. LCP (1991)
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte w. LCP, Schütz Choir, Schmidt, Upshaw, Hauptmann, Bär, etc. (1991)
Mozart: Piano Concertos No.24/No.25 w. LCP, Tan (1991)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 w. LCP, Tan (1990)
Berlioz to Wagner: Early romantic overtures w. LCP (1990)
Schubert: Symphony No.9 w. LCP (1990)
Schubert: Symphonies No.5/No.8 w. LCP (1990)
Mendelssohn: Symphonies No.3/No.4 w. LCP (1990)
Schumann: Symphonies No.3/No.4 w. LCP (1990)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.4/No.5 w. LCP (1989)
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 w. LCP (1989)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.1/No.2 w. LCP, Tan (1989)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique w. LCP (1989)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.3/No.4 w. LCP, Tan (1989)
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 w. LCP (1989)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.1/No.6 w. LCP (1988)
Beethoven: Symphonies No.2/No.8 w. LCP (1987)
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 w. LCP, Kenny, Walker, Power, Salomaa (1987)
Ives: The Celestial Country w. Schütz Choir, LSO (*1998)
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater w. Schütz Choir, etc (*1995)
Schütz: Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi w. Schütz Choir, PJBE, etc. (*1991)
Bruckner: Mass/ R.Strauss:Hymne w. Schütz Choir, PJBE, etc. (*1991)
Schütz: A Baroque Christmas w. Schütz Choir, PJBE, etc. (*1990)
Brahms: Geistliche Chormusik w. Schütz Choir (*1990)
Jeu 14 Juin - 23:24
