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In February 2007, Pristine Audio, in conjunction with Gramophone magazine, unearthed something quite unprecedented in the world of classical music. Here we present our findings:
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Backhaus, Vienna Philharmonic, Schuricht (rec. 1952) - Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op. 83
Badura-Skoda, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Scherchen (1951) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor' in E flat
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1952) - Beethoven - Piano Trio No 7 (Archduke)
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1953) - Brahms - Piano Trio No 1 in B
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (c. 1957) - Haydn - Piano Trio No 18 in G
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (c. 1957) - Haydn - Piano Trio No 23 in E flat
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (c. 1957) - Haydn - Piano Trio No 28 in D
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (c. 1957) - Haydn - Piano Trio No 39 in G
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1954) - Mozart - Divertimento in B flat, K254
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1954) - Mozart - Piano Trio in B flat, K502
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1954) - Mozart - Piano Trio in C, K548
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1954) - Mozart - Piano Trio in E, K542
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1954) - Mozart - Piano Trio in G, K496
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1954) - Mozart - Piano Trio in G, K564
Badura-Skoda, Fournier, Janigro (1953) - Schubert - Piano Trio No 1 in B flat
Badura-Skoda, Vienna SO, Swoboda (1950) - Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Concerto in C# minor
Bailie, Isobel - Walter, Bruno, LPO et al
(rec. 1947) - Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral"
Balsam, Artur (1954) - Clementi - Piano Sonata in B minor
Balsam, Winterthur SO, Ackerman (1954) - Hummel - Piano Concerto in A minor
Baraldi Trio (1928) - Elgar - Fly, Singing Bird, Fly
Baraldi Trio (1928) - Elgar - The Snow
Barber, New Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1951) - Barber - Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (rev. 1947)
Barbieri, Fedora, Tebaldi, Prandelli, Siepi, La Scala Orch & Chor cond. Cantelli (rec. 8th Sept 1950) - Mozart - Requiem
Barbieri et al, NBC SO, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (rec. 1951) - Verdi - Requiem - new Stereo version
John Barbirolli (1899-1970, UK) - Conductor, Cellist
Barbirolli - Heifetz, London Philharmonic, Barbirolli (1937) - Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D
Barbirolli - Schnabel, LSO, Barbirolli (1934) - Mozart - Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595
Barbirolli, John (cello), Bartlett, Ethel (piano) (rec. 1929) - Bach - Cello Sonata No. 1 in G, BWV 1027
Barbirolli, NGS Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1927) - Delius - Summer Night on the River
Barbirolli, NGS Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1927) - Mozart - Cassation in G, K63 (Andante only)
Barchet, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Munchinger (1951) - Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Bartlett, piano, NGS Chamber Orch, Barbirolli (rec. Jan 3rd 1927) - Debussy - Deux Danses
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961, UK) - Conductor
Beecham, Rubinstein (piano), Royal Philharmonic (rec. 1947) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4
Beecham - Royal Philharmonic, Beecham (1946) - Debussy - Printemps - Symphonic Suite
Beecham - LPO, Beecham (1934) - Delius - Eventyr ("Once Upon A Time")
Beecham, Seattle Symphony (1943) - Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Beecham - LPO, Beecham (1934) - Delius - Paris (Ein Nachtstuck) - The Song of a Great City
Beecham - LPO, Beecham (1934) - Delius - Serenade from "Hassan"
Beecham - LPO, London Select Choir, Beecham (1934) - Delius - Koanga (Closing Scene)
Beecham, Seattle Symphony (1943) - Elgar - Enigma Variations
Beecham, Seattle Symphony (1943) - Elgar - Serenade for Strings - Larghetto
Beecham, Berlin Phil., soloists & chorus (1937-8) - Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Beecham - Szigeti, London Philharmonic, Beecham (rec. 1935) - Prokofiev - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 19
Beecham, London Philharmonic Orchestra (1935) - Sibelius - Scenes Historiques, Op. 25, No. 3: Festivo
Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 15th Sept. 1954) - Sibelius - Symphony No 6
Beecham - Heifetz, LPO, Beecham (rec. 1935) - Sibelius - Violin Concerto
Beecham, Seattle Symphony (1943) - Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
Beecham, Seattle Symphony (1943) - Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Overture
Beecham, Seattle Symphony (1943) - Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act III
Beilke - Beecham, Berlin Phil., soloists & chorus (1937-8) - Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Beinum - Anda, Concertgebouw, van Beinum (1943) - Franck - Symphonic Variations
van Beinum, London Philharmonic Orchestra (1950) - Mozart - Symphony No 35 in D, K385 'Haffner'
Berger - Beecham, Berlin Phil., soloists & chorus (1937-8) - Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Berger, Erna et al; Fuchs, Eugen et al; Krauss, C. Berlin, 1935 - Strauss, R. - Ariadne auf Naxos (opera only)
Beuron Abbey Monks (1952) - Anon. - Vespers of Christmas Eve
Beuron Abbey Monks (1954) - Anon. - Gregorian Requiem Mass
Biasini, Pietro - Toscanini, Vienna Phil, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Soloists (rec. 1937) - Verdi - Falstaff
Björling, Jussi - Toscanini, NBC SO, Westminster Choir, Soloists (rec. 1940) - Verdi - Requiem
Blake, Blind (rec. 1926-32) - No Dough Blues
Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (rec. March 1928) - Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (rec. March 1929) - Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Blech, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (rec. October 1930) - Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Bogin, Abba; Starker, Janos (rec. 1954) - Brahms - Cello Sonatas - new XR remastering
Borgioli, Dino - Toscanini, Vienna Phil, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Soloists (rec. 1937) - Verdi - Falstaff
Boulanger Ensemble (1937) - Monteverdi - Oeuvres de Monteverdi
Boulanger, Nadia (rec. ~1950) - French Renaissance Vocal Music
Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983, UK) - Conductor
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Arnold - Eight English Dances, Op. 27 and Op. 33
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Bax - Tintagel
Boult, Ricci, London Philharmonic (1953) - Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Boult, Sir Adrian (BBC radio broadcast, 1957) - Boult - Impressions of Albert Sammons
Boult, Halle Orchestra (1942) - Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Elgar - Chansons de Nuit & Matin, Op. 15
Boult, London Philharmonic (1949) - Elgar - Symphony No 1 in A flat
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Elgar - Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Holst - The Perfect Fool - Ballet Suite, Op. 39
Boult, BBC Symphony Orchestra (1945) - Holst - The Planets Suite
Boult, London Philharmonic (1952) - Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Boult, London Philharmonic (1952) - Tchaikovsky - Hamlet Overture
Boult, Noble, London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1953) - Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
Boult, London Philharmonic (1954) - Walton - Siesta
Boult, London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1949) - Vaughan Williams - Symphony No 6 in E minor
Bour, Wayenberg (piano), Champs Elysees Orch (rec. 1954) - Indy, d' - Symphony for Orchestra and Piano
Brailowksy, RCA Victor Symphony Orch, Reiner (rec. 1951) - Liszt - Totentanz
Brain, Aubrey with Spencer Dyke, York Bowen (rec. c. 1926) - Brahms - Horn Trio in E flat, Op. 40
Brousenstijn, Gre; Otto Klemperer at the Concertgebouw (rec. 1951) - Beethoven 'Ah! Perfido", plus de Falla, Janacek, Bartok
Brownlee, John et al, Ormandy, Metropolitan Opera (rec. 1950-1) - Strauss - Die Fledermaus (in English)
Budapest Quartet: String Quartet (1917-1967, Hungarian, Dutch, Russian)
Budapest Quartet (rec. 1936) - Bartok - String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Budapest Quartet, Alfred Hobday (1937) - Brahms - String Quintet No 1 in F
Budapest Quartet, Hans Mahlke (1932) - Brahms - String Quintet No 2 in G
Budapest Quartet (rec. 1940) - Debussy - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Budapest Quartet (rec. 1940) - Ravel - String Quartet in F major
Budapest Quartet (1932) - Schubert - Quartettsatz
Fritz Busch (1890-1951, Germany) - Conductor
Busch Quartet: String Quartet (1918-1945, German, Swedish)
Busch - Glyndebourne, Busch (1934/5) (CD1) - Mozart - Le Nozze de Figaro Part 1
Busch - Glyndebourne, Busch (1934/5) (CD2) - Mozart - Le Nozze de Figaro Part 2
Busch - Serkin, Rudolf, with members of the Busch Quartet - Brahms - Piano Quartet No 2 in A major, Op. 26
Busch Quartet (1938) - Schubert - String Quartet No 8 in B flat, D112
Busch Quartet (1935) - Schubert - String Quartet No 14 (Death and the Maiden)
Busch Quartet (1938) - Schubert - String Quartet No 15 in G, D887
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