Pristine Audio

Frederick Stock and his Chicago forces excel in major repertory [JW]

An unusual compilation featuring some highly energised and engaging music-making [RMo]

A fine transfer of Flagstad’s farewell to the Metropolitan in a performance of great dignity [RMo]

A gramophone stereo classic from the 50s is given yet more lustre by this splendid remastering [RMo]

Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies by Stock’s Chicago Symphony make this historic release memorable [GT]

In vocal terms this is arguably the finest complete recording of Aïda in the catalogue, in a sterling new transfer [MP]

Revitalised sound permits us to re-appreciate the manifest virtues of this recording, despite its flaws [RMo]

Superbly remastered, a second-rank Donizetti opera blighted by Poggi’s unattractive contribution [RMo]

Concertos and duos from Szigeti’s peak [JW]

A superlative transfer of an Aida which should be in every serious opera collection [PSt]

The finest Fifth I know, and an excellent Sixth and Seventh, all given a new lease of life by Pristine as XR Remastered Ambient Stereo [RMo]

Van Beinum’s flexible way with this music will appeal to those who also esteem Jochum in Bruckner but there are too many flaws [RMo]

The final release in the Sevitzky-Indianapolis series ends in a celebration of the dance [JW]

A welcome restoration of the recordings of a largely overlooked German conductor [JW]

Pristine’s typically successful remastering into Ambient Stereo helps appreciate afresh the virtues of this classic recording [RMo]

Pristine delivers this classic Barbiere in an airy and better-balanced revision, free of hiss and noise [MZ]

A glorious documentation of the high standards of the ensemble at the Royal Stockholm Opera more than 80 years ago [GF]

Pristine remastering of the first Boult cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies reaches a triumphant conclusion [PCG]

Enlightening recordings by Boult of Vaughan Williams’ folk song suites and dance music [GT]

An very fine release of Boult’s early recordings of Bach and Viennese masters [GT]

Pristine illuminates afresh a vintage account of a perennial favourite, always very listenable but now even better [RMo]

A welcome to a neglected conductor from the early electrical recording period in Berlin [GT]

Another triumph for Pristine’s re-masterings of the Boult/Decca cycle [PCG]