Pristine Audio

A jewel of a recording, splendidly remastered by Pristine [MP]

Expertly refurbished but not as sonically striking or interpretatively engaging as my favourite recordings [RMo]

A superbly persuasive recording of Tippett’s most difficult opera [MP]

A classic of the Bruckner discography, revived [NC]

A classic set of these twentieth century masterpiece returns [SB]

A palpable improvement over the remastering of the original mono recording and a fine performance in itself [RMo]

More canonic Léner Quartet restorations from the 1920s and 30s [JW]

The final furlong for Szigeti’s legacy on Pristine Audio with top-notch Obert-Thorn restorations [JW]

Fine historical performances indispensable to any Britten collection [WH]

Not an ‘icon’ perhaps, but unmissable for admirers of Callas and Puccini [WH]

Pristine revitalises another indispensable gramophone classic but the improvement over the RCA issue is only marginal [RMo]

Horenstein’s Haydn and Mozart pack quite a punch [MG]

More pluses and some minuses with Goossens in Cincinnati [JW]

Donizetti sung boldly, but not always stylishly [MP]

Unusual Busch late-life survivals from Swedish Radio archives [RB]

So-so Stravinsky, nervous hyper-fast Schumann and masterly Tchaikovsky [RB]

Two world première Britten recordings remastered by Pristine make an enticing offering [PCG]

Another first-rate addition to Pristine’s Mengelberg Telefunken series [PSt]

The pre-war Budapest Quartet triumphs in Brahms [JW]

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]