Pristine Audio

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]

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]