This invaluable DVD explores the creative and controversial interpretive choices of Roger Norrington through a series of interviews, rehearsal footage, documentaries, and live concert performances. Total run time: approx 1... more »92 min. Menus and subtitles in German, English, and Japanese. Interviews with English and German language options and Japanese subtitles. Dolby digital 2.0 sound. All regions/NTSC format Since 1998, Roger Norrington has been principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR). He has established a historically aware style of playing which is very dear to his heart. This involves all the demands of early instrument orchestras, but in a "modern" context. Appropriate numbers of players, historical seating plans, bowing, phrasing, tempo, and articulation are all employed, and absolutely crucial is the use of "pure tone," without the addition of late twentieth century continuous vibrato. The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra has established a devoted following in its hometown and abroad, and its many new recordings of the great Romantics have been hailed by the international music press as "revelatory"!« less