Pristine Audio
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]
Fritz Kreisler plays Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)
A special release that should be on the shelf of all violinists and violin-fanciers [RMas]
Wood conducts Bach and Handel (Pristine Audio)
Performances from another era, in fine transfers, which can be enjoyed without apology [PSt]
Shostakovich: Symphony 8
A memorable and historically important concert, faithfully captured in Pristine’s re-mastering of the 78s [GPJ]
Puccini: Tosca (Pristine Audio)
Much here is vivid and compelling, especially with Pristine’s enhanced sound, but for me de Sabata prevails [RMo]
Verdi: Il trovatore (Pristine Audio)
A performance which captures the absolute essence of Verdi’s masterpiece in remarkably fine sound [PSt]
Verdi: Il trovatore (Pristine Audio)
Pristine elevates the sonic experience of hearing two great artists in their Met debuts [RMo]
Fritz Kreisler (violin): Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)
The legendary Fritz Kreisler comes up pristinely in new transfers of his concerto recordings [PH]
Verdi: Il trovatore (Pristine Audio)
A finely produced package of golden age singing, splendidly refurbished for a new generation [MP]
Bruckner: Symphony 8 (Pristine Audio)
The best available transfer of a great performance of Bruckner’s Eighth [PSt]
Gounod: Romeó et Juliette (Pristine Audio)
This issue must now be the top recommendation for this classic historic performance [GF]
Puccini: Turandot (Pristine Audio)
A thrilling live performance, worth hearing, if not the last word in Nilsson/Corelli versions of Turandot [PT]
Jascha Horenstein (conductor): Horenstein in Venezuela Vol 1 (Pristine Audio)
A specialist but intriguing release showing a great conductor working, as it were, off the beaten track [JQ]
Bellini: Norma (Pristine Audio)
By general consensus, the essential Norma recording, now in a superior transfer [RWe]
Bellini: Norma (Pristine Audio)
Five stars for Pristine’s sound rejuvenation but apart from Callas, the performance doesn’t live up to the quality of the transfer [MP]
