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Downloads and CD-Rs

Pristine Audio has used M&A's excellent transfers as the starting point for the application of our new Pristine Audio XR remastering technology to produce these stunning releases, available to download as very high quality MP3s or full CD-quality lossless FLACs, and as Standard CDs (CD-Rs without covers) - all original cover artwork and sleevenotes are available on the individual pages dedicated to each work.
You'll find more recordings restored using XR here

Click on covers for more details, musical examples, sleevenotes and purchase options - scroll down for most recent releases

Strauss Don Quixote, D&T
Toscanini, NBC SO, Feuermann

Mozart, Brahms Symphonies 41, 1
Toscanini, NBC SO

Bach Works for solo violin
Joseph Szigeti

Beethoven Symphony 7, 8, etc.
Furtwängler, Stockholm Phil.

Beethoven, de Falla, Janacek, Bartók
Klemperer, Concertgebouw

Beethoven 9th Symphony
Furtwängler, Stockholm KO

Beethoven Symphonies 1, 4, Egmont
Furtwängler, BPO, VPO

Brahms Piano Trios 1, 2
Fischer, Schneiderhan, Mainardi

Brahms, Shostakovich Cello Sonatas
Piatigorsky, Stweart, Newton

Mozart Piano Concertos 14, 20
Hess, 'PSO', Walter

Mahler, Strauss Sym 4, D&T
Walter, 'PSO', Seefried

Bruckner Symphony 9
Knappertsbusch, Berlin Phil

Beethoven, Mozart Piano Concertos
Haskill, French NO, Clutyens

Debussy, Bartók, Ravel, Strauss
Reiner, NBC SO

Mozart Beethoven Schubert Schumann
Clara Haskill

Fauré Violin Sonata Kreisler various
Gingold, Robert, Webb

Wagner Der Fliegende Hollender
Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth

Beethoven Symphony 9
Walter, LPO, Bailie, Ferrier, Nash etc

Beethoven, Brahms Violin Concertos
Neveu, Rosbaus, Dorati, Münch

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Furtwängler, Stockholm, Lucerne

Kirsten Flagstad Sings Wagner
Symphony of the Air, McArthur

Wagner: Walküre, Götterdämmerung
Fürtwangler, LPO, Covent Gdn 1937

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FLAC downloads are lossless - when played or transferred to CD they are identical to our original master files.

Not all players or encoders yet support FLAC, so you may need to convert to WAV or AIFF before playback. Converters are available for PC and MAC

FLAC downloads come as a series of tracks in a ZIP archive file and cost €2 more than their MP3 equivilent

Our MP3 files are encoded at very high variable bitrates using the LAME encoder, widely regarded as the best for this purpose

Each recording is presented as a single, long MP3 which can be split using the CUE sheet at the bottom of the page

CD writing programs such as Nero and Burrrn can write direct to CD using MP3+CUE - see our tutorial

Alternatively a cue splitter program can automatically cut and name the MP3 into individual MP3 tracks

There are also media players which use the MP3+CUE system, allowing gapless playback of all long MP3 files - essential for opera and many other classical works

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Standard and Premium CDs hold the same quality of audio - the Standard CD comes in a slip case with no covers, the Premium comes in a jewel case with printed covers

NB. Music and Arts CDs are currently available as Standard discs only.

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