A conductor long associated with the movement for historically informed performance practice,
Roger Norrington applies his ideas to
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 in D major. Leading the
SWR Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart, the orchestra he usually records with on Haenssler recordings,
Norrington delivers a performance that is notable for its lack of "permanent vibrato" in the strings, a pure tone the conductor says was common in the 19th century and expected of European orchestras up through
Mahler's time. This is a live recording, dating from 2008.