Pristine Audio
Eugene Goossens (conductor) – Cincinnati Symphony, Vol 3 (Pristine Audio)
Goossens’ final Cincinnati recordings complete a worthwhile 3-CD series [JW]
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Pristine Audio)
A great performance revitalised in extraordinarily vivid sound – another Pristine remastering triumph [RMo]
Mahler: Symphonies 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
A specialist issue, but Mahler devotees and admirers of Sir Adrian Boult will find it fascinating [JQ]
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Pristine Audio)
Pristine refreshes Callas’s 1959 stereo recording and prompts a re-evaluation of its considerable merits [PT]
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Pristine Audio)
No one who loves this opera can afford to be without this recording for Callas’ unique insight into the title role [GF]
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
Revelatory Boult in Mahler from the archives [LD]
Cherubini: Medea (Pristine Audio)
Callas’ stereo studio Medea gets the Pristine XR treatment [PT]
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Pristine Audio)
On balance, still the best of Callas’ recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor [RMo]
Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
Great, essential performances, clearly recognisable even with less than ideal sound quality [PBW]
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Pristine Audio)
A so-so “classic” recording [RMas]
Cherubini: Medea (Pristine Audio)
Pristine’s revitalising of the sound here goes a long way towards countering any criticism of Callas’ sole studio recording of Medea [RMo]
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Pristine Audio)
Callas’ stereo remake is a more mature and inward reading of the role – now in even fresher sound [GF]
Toscanini: The 1948 Brahms Cycle Vol. 1 (Pristine Audio)
Toscanini at his best in these great live concert recordings from 1948, lovingly remastered [GPJ]
Frederick Stock (conductor) Chicago Symphony, Vol 3 (Pristine Audio)
Further evidence that Stock was an exceptionally able conductor [JW]
Cherubini: Medea (Pristine Audio)
This recording is an established classic, and should be in every decent opera collection, especially in this newest incarnation [GF]
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Pristine Audio)
A jewel of a recording, splendidly remastered by Pristine [MP]
Collins conducts Sibelius (Pristine Audio)
Expertly refurbished but not as sonically striking or interpretatively engaging as my favourite recordings [RMo]
Tippett: King Priam (Pristine Audio)
A superbly persuasive recording of Tippett’s most difficult opera [MP]
Bruckner: Symphony 9 (Pristine Audio)
A classic of the Bruckner discography, revived [NC]
Bloch: String Quartets (Pristine Audio)
A classic set of these twentieth century masterpiece returns [SB]
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Pristine Audio)
A palpable improvement over the remastering of the original mono recording and a fine performance in itself [RMo]
Léner Quartet (Pristine Audio)
More canonic Léner Quartet restorations from the 1920s and 30s [JW]
Joseph Szigeti (violin) European Columbia Recordings Vol. 4 (Pristine Audio)
The final furlong for Szigeti’s legacy on Pristine Audio with top-notch Obert-Thorn restorations [JW]
Britten: Noye’s Fludde (Pristine Audio)
Fine historical performances indispensable to any Britten collection [WH]
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