Pristine Audio
Bizet: The Fair Maid of Perth (Pristine Audio)
Beecham gives a classic account of this gem of a score [MP]
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Pristine Audio)
A historical issue, the first Magic Flute to include dialogue, given a facelift and maintaining its significance after seventy years [PCG]
Brahms & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Pristine Audio)
Brilliant, driven performances which hardly show their age in Pristine’s remastering [RMo]
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Pristine Audio)
A classic recording, with a great conductor and stellar singers, gets the Pristine treatment [RMo]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) The Complete Acoustics 1910-18
Characterful examples of Beecham’s first recordings performed by his zestful orchestra [JW]
Mahler: Symphony No.1 (Pristine Audio)
Considerably better than Walter’s stereo remake, but it’s for specialists only [SV]
Bloch: Schelomo; Strauss: Don Quixote (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) A deserved classic [JW]
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Pristine Audio)
Once again, Pristine breathes new life into an imperishable classic of the gramophone [RMo]
Orchestral Music conducted by Rudolph Ganz (Pristine Audio)
Forgettable conducting, but superb piano playing [RMas]
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) A rare Toscanini performance in an excellent transfer [JQ]
London String Quartet plays Schubert and Bridge (Pristine Audio)
An excellent inaugural release in a new chamber series from Pristine Audio [JW]
Firkušný and Primrose Play Brahms (Pristine Audio)
Reference recordings of the Brahms Viola Sonatas from a classic team [RMas
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Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 7 (Pristine Audio)
Somewhat puzzling, even erratic, performances, alternately captivating and disappointing, recorded in Walter’s Indian Summer [RMo]
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Pristine Audio)
With Pristine’s remastering, this becomes a worthy alternative to more modern recordings [GF]
Stokowski conducts Falla (Pristine Audio)
(Déjà Review) Of great interest to enthusiasts of Stokowski, Kapell and de Falla. [RB]
Firkušný plays Debussy (Pristine Audio)
This release should play a major role in promoting Firkušný’s name [PBW]
Monteux conducts Ravel Vol. 2 (Pristine Audio)
These three works present a perfect summation of both Ravel’s and Monteux’s art, now sonically enhanced by Pristine [RMo]
Mozart: The Last Six Symphonies (Pristine Audio)
Grand, weighty performances suffused with a wise humanity [RMo]
Maria Callas (soprano): Arias Volume 1 (Pristine Audio)
Once again, Pristine breathes new life into two established and indispensable recital classics [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Pristine Audio)
A classic performance in improved sound [MBu]
Verdi: Il trovatore (Pristine Audio)
This fast and furious performance of Il trovatore will please some more than others [PT]
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor): BBC SO Pre-War Recordings Volume 3 (Pristine Audio)
Find out how fine the newish BBC SO was, and what a fine orchestral trainer Boult was [GPJ]
Rudolph Ganz (conductor): Complete St. Louis Symphony Recordings (Pristine Audio)
Rudolph Ganz pilots the Spirit of St Louis and plays the piano in solos [JW]
Landmarks from Dawn of Electrical Recording (Pristine Audio)
An excellent panorama of the first years of electrical recording with first-rate transfers and presentation [PSt]
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