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No vibrato from the players, and plenty of bounce from Norrington
Roger Norrington’s reading was buoyant and urgent but sometimes lacked breathing space
His ambitious and original projects range from symphonies to massive choral works
In this skilfully judged performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass, conductor Harry Bicket knew how to rise to the big moments
The idea behind period performance has always seemed quite odd, and in a way touchingly romantic, and not really historical at all
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