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Joyce Hatto
Hatto CD

Is this CD what it appears? No - it's one of over 100 fakes, concocted in what is the most amazing musical fraud ever perpetrated.

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:

The Hatto Hoax

 
Pristine Audio XR Releases

"I've been mightily taken by the XR treatment...hugely impressive"
(Gramophone, June 2007)

XR Ambient StereoAll of the recordings listed below have been transferred and remastered by Andrew Rose using Pristine Audio's unique XR remastering system, bringing lower noise, more accurate tonal reproduction and an extended frequency range to historic recordings. They are available both in original mono and Ambient Stereo versions - click here for more on how Ambient Stereo brings a new, natural dimension to mono recordings.

The most recent XR releases are at the bottom of this page - click here to skip down.
Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Artur Schnabel, 1932		 Beethoven 'Eroica' Symphony
Weingartner, VPO, 1936 		Vaughan Williams 6th Symphony
Boult, LSO, 1949
PASC001
Pristine re-release date 13/4/07
PASC071
Pristine release date 13/4/07
PASC072
Pristine release date 13/4/07
Beethoven 'Kreutzer' Sonata
Thibaud, Cortot, 1929		 Bartók 2nd Quartet
Budapest Quartet, 1936 		Bartók 5th Quartet
Hungarian Quartet, 1946
PACM001
Pristine re-release date 13/4/07
PACM051
Pristine release date 27/4/07
PACM052
Pristine release date 27/4/07
Fauré Seven Piano Pieces
Kathleen Long, 1943-50		 Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin
Hüsch, Müller, 1934 		Leoncavallo Vesti La Giubba
Enrico Caruso, 1902
PAKM015
Pristine re-release date 13/4/07
PACO007
Pristine re-release date 13/4/07
Prisine Audio XR
Pristine release date 2/5/07
Prokofiev 1st Violin Concerto
Szigeti, LPO, Beecham, 1935		 Dvorak Cello Concerto
Feuermann, BSO, Taube, 1928-9		 Beethoven Ghost Piano Trio
 Menuhin Trio, 1936
PASC074
Pristine release date 18/5/07
PASC073
Pristine release date 11/5/07
PACM053
Pristine release date 18/5/07
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Heifetz, LPO, Beecham, 1935		 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1
Horowitz, NBCSO/Toscanini 1941		 Brahms 2nd Piano Quartet
Serkin, Busch Quartet, 1932
PASC075
Pristine release date 25/5/07
PASC076
Pristine release date 1/6/07
PACM054
Pristine release date 1/6/07
Toscanini, NBC SO:
War Bonds Concert, 1942 		Wolf Complete Chamber Music
The New Music Quartet, 1954		 Toscanini, NBC SO:
Wagner Concert, 1943
PASC077
Pristine release date 15/6/07
PACM055
Pristine release date 22/6/07

PASC078
Pristine release date 22/6/07
Toscanini, NBC SO:
Barber Première Concert, 1938		 Cantelli conducts Bartók
Boston SO, NBC SO, 1954/49 		Brahms Symphony No. 1
Boston SO, Cantelli, 1954
PASC080
Pristine release date 29/6/07
PASC081
Pristine release date 6/7/07
PASC083
Pristine release date 20/7/07
Cantelli - US Debut Concert
NBC SO, Cantelli, 1949		 Bruckner Symphony No. 7
NYPO, Toscanini, 1935 		Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
Boston SO, Cantelli, 1953
PASC084
Pristine release date 27/7/07		 PASC082
Pristine release date 6/7/07		 PASC084
Pristine release date 27/7/07
Cantelli at Boston, Feb 1953
Boston SO, Cantelli, 1953 		Toscanini's Contemporaries
NBC SO, Toscanini, 1940/5		 Cantelli at New York, Mar 1955
New York Phil, Cantelli, 1955
PASC086
Pristine release date 3/8/07		 PASC087
Pristine release date 10/8/07		 PASC088
Pristine release date 17/8/07
Symphony of the Air, 9/9/45
NBC SO, Toscanini, 1945 		Symphony of the Air, 28/10/45
NBC SO, Toscanini, 1945 		Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Horowitz, NBCSO, Toscanini, 1948
PASC089
Pristine release date 17/8/07		 PASC090
Pristine release date 17/8/07		 PASC092
Pristine release date 31/8/07
Bach Concerto for 2 Violins
Grumiaux, Pougnet, 1946		 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Heifetz, NYPO, Cantelli, 1954 		Beethoven 3rd Symphony 'Eroica'
Furtwängler, Berlin PO, 1952
PASC093
Pristine release date 31/8/07		 PASC094
Pristine release date 7/9/07		 PASC095
 Pristine release date 7/9/07
Manfred Overture & Symphony
NBC SO, Toscanini, 1946		 Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos (opera)
Krauss, Berlin, 1935 		Mozart 'Haffner' Symphony etc.
NBC SO, Toscanini, 1946
PASC096
Pristine release date 21/9/07		 PACO021
Pristine release date 28/9/07		 PASC097
 Pristine release date 5/10/07
Franck Symphony in D minor
Conc'gebouw, Mengelberg, 1940		 Sibelius Symphony No. 6
RPO, Beecham, 1954		 Stevens Symphonies 1, 2 etc
BBC Orchestras, 1953-6
PASC098
Pristine release date 12/10/07		 PASC099
Pristine release date 19/10/07		 PASC100
Pristine release date 26/10/07
Tchaikovsky Symphony 2
LA Phil, Stravinsky, 1952 		Toscanini 2oth Century Music
Harris, Stravinsky, Atterberg et al		 Brahms Piano Trio No. 3
Trio di Trieste, 1947
PASC101
Pristine release date 2/11/07		 PASC102
Pristine release date 9/11/07		 PACM056
Pristine release date 16/11/07
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Mengelberg, C'bouw , 1941 		Legendary Blues
Robert Johnson, 1936-7 		R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Mengelberg, NY Phil, 1928
PASC103
Pristine release date 30/11/07		 PABL001
Pristine release date 30/11/07		 PASC104
Pristine release date 7/12/07
Legendary Blues Volume Two
Robert Johnson, 1936-7 		French Renaissance Vocal Music
Nadia Boulanger, 1950 		Charlie Parker With Strings
Studio recordings 1949-52
PABL002
Pristine release date 14/12/07		 PACO022
Pristine release date 14/12/07		 PAJZ001
Pristine release date 21/12/07
Mozart Piano Concertos 21, 12
Moura Lympany, 1955 		The Man With The Gold Guitar
Tampa Red, 1934-42 		The Quintet - The Trio
Live at Massey Hall 1953
PASC105
Pristine release date 4/1/08		 PABL003
Pristine release date 11/1/08
 PAJZ002
Pristine release date 18/1/08
Fauré - The Violin Sonatas
Fournier, Doyen, 1951		 Songs of a Boulevardier
Jean Sablon 1933-52 		The Man From Avalon
Mississippi John Hurt 1928
PACM057
Pristine release date 25/1/08		 PAJZ003
Pristine release date 25/1/08		 PABL004
Pristine release date 1/2/08
Glazunov Symphony No. 4
Rachmilovich, St. Cecilia, 1949		 Poulenc Piano Concerto
Annette Haas-Hamburger, 1952		 Miles In Paris
Davis & Dameron Quintet, 1949
PASC106
Pristine release date 8/2/08		 PASC107
Pristine release date 15/2/08		 PAJZ004
Pristine release date 15/2/08
Glasgow Orpheus Choir Vol. 2
Hugh Roberton , 1940s-51		 Live at Carnegie Hall
Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1944		 The Early Years
Louis Armstrong , 1923-40
PACO023
Pristine release date 22/2/08		 PAJZ005
Pristine release date 29/2/08		 PAJZ006
Pristine release date 28/3/08
That Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson 1926-29		 Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Thorborg Kullmann Walter VPO, 1936		 Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Ferrier, Patzak, Walter, VPO, 1952
PABL005
Pristine release date 7/4/08		 PASC108
Pristine release date 18/4/08		 PASC109
Pristine release date 25/4/08
Cantelli conducts C20 Music
BSO, NBC SO, 1949-54 		Beethoven Piano Trios 7 & 4
Trio Santoliquido, 1957		 Dirt Road Blues
Charley Patton 1929-34
PASC111
Pristine release date 2/5/08		 PACM058
Pristine release date 9/5/08		 PABL006
Pristine release date 16/5/08
Live at Carnegie Hall
Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1946		 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1
Mewton-Wood, NPO, Goehr, 1952		 Wagner Die Walküre (Act 1)
Lehmann, Melchoir, Walter, 1935
PAJZ007
Pristine release date 23/5/08		 PASC112
Pristine release date 30/5/08		 PACO024
Pristine release date 6/6/08
All-Debussy Concert
Toscanini, NYPSO, 1936		 Chopin Piano Concerto 1
Mewton-Wood, NPO, Goehr, 1951		 Venice Festival Concert
Toscanini, La Scala, 1949
PASC113
Pristine release date 13/6/08		 PASC114
Pristine release date 20/6/08		 PASC115
Pristine release date 27/6/08
Knockin' Myself Out
Art Tatum, 1941-56		 Beethoven Piano Concerto 4
Mewton-Wood, UPO, Goehr, 1952		 Beethoven 9th "Choral" Symphony
Toscanini, NYPSO, 1936
PAJZ008
Pristine release date 4/7/08		 PASC116
Pristine release date 18/7/08		 PASC117
Pristine release date 25/7/08
Strauss, Rossini - Ballet Music
Martinon, London Phil. 1955		 Stereo Recordings
Toscanini, NBC SO, 1954		 Beethoven 9th "Choral" Symphony
Toscanini, NBC SO, 1952
PASC118
Pristine release date 1/8/08		 PASC119
Pristine release date 8/8/08		 PASC120
Pristine release date 15/8/08
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 2
Mewton-Wood, WSO, Goehr, 1952		 Fauré Piano Qt. 1, Cello Sonata 2
Casadesus, Guilet Qt. et al (1951)		 Schumann - Dichterliebe
Gerhard Hüsch, Udo Müller, 1936
PASC121
Pristine release date 22/8/08		 PACM059
Pristine release date 29/8/08		 PACO025
Pristine release date 5/9/08
R Strauss, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky
Koussevitzky, BSO live, 1946		 Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
Toscanini, NBC SO et al, 1953		 Beethoven 5th, Stravinsky
Cantelli, NBC SO, 1954
PASC122
Pristine release date 12/9/08		 PACO026
Pristine release date 12/9/08		 PASC123
Pristine release date 19/9/08
Mozart - Requiem
Cantelli, La Scala et al, 1950		 Fauré - Chamber Music Vol. 2
Guilet Qt., G. Casadesus, 1951		 Brahms - Symphony No 2
Walter, New York Phil 1951
PACO027
Pristine release date 19/9/08		 PACM060
Pristine release date 26/9/08		 PASC124
Pristine release date 26/9/08
Tchaikovsky: PC3, Concert Fantasia
Mewton-Wood, WSO, Goehr, 1952		 Beethoven - Symphony No 8
Toscanini, New York PSO, 1936 		Kodály, Smetana - Quartets
Végh Quartet, 1954
PASC126
Pristine release date 17/10/08		 PASC128
Pristine release date 17/10/08		 PACM061
Pristine release date 24/10/08
Mendelssohn, Mozart - Symphonies
Doráti, Minneapolis SO, 1952		 Holst - Planets
Holst, London SO, 1922-3		 Schubert - Unfinished Symphony
Meyrowitz, Paris SO, 1934
PACO028
Pristine release date 24/10/08

PASC131
Pristine release date 31/10/08

PASC130
Pristine release date 31/10/08
Tchaikovsky - 6th Symphony
Furtwängler, BSO, 1938 		Fauré - Piano Quintet No. 2
Rey, Pascal Qt., 1951 		Schumann 2 - plus much more
Stokowski, New York Phil, 1949

PASC132
Pristine release date 7/11/08

PACM062
Pristine release date 7/11/08

PASC133
Pristine release date 14/11/08
Kodály and Bartók
Doráti, Minneapolis SO, 1950 		A Very Pristine Christmas
Various Artists, 1926-57		 Fauré - Piano Quartet No. 2
Masters Piano Qt., 1955

PASC134
Pristine release date 21/11/08

PAMX005
Pristine release date 28/11/08

PACM063
Pristine release date 28/11/08
First & Last Recordings
Noel Mewton-Wood, 1941/53		 Margaret Harshaw sings Wagner
Harshaw, Boston SO, Munch, 1955 		Barber - Symphony No. 2
Barber, New Symphony Orch, 1951

PASC135
Pristine release date 5/12/08

PACO029
Pristine release date 12/12/08
PASC136
Pristine release date 2/1/09
Milhaud conducts Milhaud
Orch. Th. du Champs-Elysées. 1958		 Beethoven - Piano Concerto 4 Würhrer, Bamberg SO, Perlea, 1957 Brahms - Piano Concerto 1 Katin, BBC Scot SO, Whyte, 1958

PASC137
Pristine release date 2/1/09
PASC139
Pristine release date 16/1/09
PASC140
Pristine release date 16/1/09
Brahms - Piano Concerto 2 Backhaus, VPO, Schuricht, 1952 Chopin - Six Oeuvres pour Piano Paul von Schilhawsky, c.1953 Mozart Sym 39 & Haydn Sym 95 Gui, London Philharmonic. 1953

PASC141
Pristine release date 23/1/09
PAKM032
Pristine release date 23/1/09
PASC143
Pristine release date 6/2/09
Schumann - Symphonies 1 & 4 Krips, London SO, 1956-7 Borodin & Stravinsky
Dorati, MSO, 1952		 Sullivan - Cylinder Recordings
Various, 1899-1916
PASC144
Pristine release date 6/2/09
PASC145
Pristine release date 13/2/09
PASC147
Pristine release date 20/2/09
Haydn - Symphony 45 'Farewell'
Stuttgart CO, Münchinger, 1951		 Haydn - String Quartets
Pascal Quartet, 1948		 Schumann - Piano Concerto
Mewton-Wood, NPO, Goehr, 1952
PASC148
Pristine release date 27/2/09
PACM064
Pristine release date 27/2/09
PASC149
Pristine release date 6/3/09
No Dough Blues
Blind Blake, 1926-32		 Beethoven - 4th Symphony
Solti, LPO, 1950		 Ganne - Les Saltimbanques
Gressier, Cast, Orchestra, 1953
PABL007
Pristine release date 6/3/09
PASC150
Pristine release date 13/3/09
PASC144
Pristine release date 13/3/09
Searching The Desert For The Blues
Blind Willie McTell, 1927-35		 Mozart - Symph 35, 40, Piano Conc 20
Various, 1949-51		 Beethoven - 9th Symphony
Toscanini et al, Buenos Aires, 1941
PABL008
Pristine release date 20/3/09
PASC151
Pristine release date 20/3/09
PASC152
Pristine release date 27/3/09
Bliss - Piano Concerto
Mewton-Wood, USO, Goehr, 1952		 Beethoven - Symphonies 3, 7
Concertgebouw, Kleiber, 1950		 D'Indy - Symphony for Orch & Piano
Wayenberg, OTCE, Bour, 1954
PASC153
Pristine release date 27/3/09
PASC154
Pristine release date 4/4/09
PASC155
Pristine release date 4/4/09
Mozart - Symphonies 19 & 21
Ton-Studio Orch, Lund, Michael, 1951		 Yola My Blues Away
Skip James, 1931		 Brahms - Symphony No 2
Toscanini, NBC SO, 1951
PASC156
Pristine release date 10/4/09
PABL009
Pristine release date 17/4/09
PASC157
Pristine release date 17/4/09
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas
Hans Kann, 1952		 Brahms - Double Concerto
Walter, NYPO, soloists, 1951		 Beethoven - Emperor Concerto
Kann, VFO, Swarowsky, 1957
PAKM033
Pristine release date 24/4/09
PASC158
Pristine release date 24/4/09
PASC159
Pristine release date 1/5/09
Prokofiev plays Prokofiev
Prokofiev, LSO, MSO, 1932/38		 Prokofiev - Symphonies 5, 6
Stokowski, 1958, 1949		 Ravel, Debussy - Quartets
Budapest Quartet, 1940
PASC160
Pristine release date 1/5/09
PASC161
Pristine release date 8/5/09
PACM065
Pristine release date 8/5/09
Final All-Wagner Concert
Toscanini, La Scala, 1952		 Mozart - Piano Conc 27, Symphony 29
Serkin, Toscanini, 1936/44		 Beethoven Piano Concerto 4
Rubinstein, RPO, Beecham, 1947
PASC162
Pristine release date 15/5/09
PASC164
Pristine release date 22/5/09
PASC165
Pristine release date 29/5/09
Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony
Cantelli's NBC Concert #31, 1953		 Music from the Theatre
Stokowski and his Orch., 1950/3		 Schubert - Britten - Wagner
Cantelli's NBC Concert #30, 1953
PASC166
Pristine release date 29/5/09
PASC167
Pristine release date 5/6/09
PASC169
Pristine release date 12/6/09
Beethoven 5th Symphony
Toscanini, NBC SO, 1944		 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Horowitz, NBC SO, Toscanini 1945		 Beethoven Symphonies 2 and 4 Toscanini, NBC SO, 1944
PASC170
Pristine release date 12/6/09
PASC171
Pristine release date 19/6/09
PASC172
Pristine release date 26/6/09
Brahms - Roussel - Berlioz Cantelli's NBC Concert #19, 1951 Stokowski conducts de Falla Merriman, Kapell, NYPSO, 1948-9 Sibelius - Symphonies 4, 5
Ormandy, Philadelphia, 1954/50
PASC173
Pristine release date 26/6/09
PASC174
Pristine release date 3/7/09
PASC177
Pristine release date 24/7/09
Brahms - Roussel - Berlioz Cantelli's NBC Concert #19, 1951 R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben etc
Doráti, MSO, Philadelphia, 1952/50		 Moeran - Symphony in G min
Heward, Hallé Orch, 1942
PASC178
Pristine release date 24/7/09
PASC179
Pristine release date 31/7/09
PASC180
Pristine release date 31/7/09
Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
Toscanini, NBC SO et al, 1954		 Stokowski conducts Wagner
Stokowski, NY Phil, 1947/49		 Stravinsky & Rachmaninov
Ormandy, Philadelphia, 1950-5
PACO032
Pristine release date 7/8/09
PASC182
Pristine release date 21/8/09
PASC183
Pristine release date 21/8/09
Verdi - Otello
Toscanini, NBC SO, Soloists, 1947		 Dawn of Electrical Recording
Mengelberg, NYP, BBC SO, 1924/38		 French & Italian Classics
Dragon, Hollywood Bowl SO, 1956/7
PACO033
Pristine release date 28/8/09

PASC184
Pristine release date 04/9/09

PASC185
Pristine release date 04/9/09
Sibelius - 2nd Symphony
Schmidt-Isserstedt, NWDR SO, 1956		 Mendelssohn, Morton Gould
Mitrolpoulos, NY Phil, 1950/53		 Tchaikovsky's 5th, Eight Encores
Stokowski & His Symphony, 1947/55
PASC186
Pristine release date 11/9/09

PASC187
Pristine release date 11/9/09

PASC188
Pristine release date 18/9/09
Delius - Saint-Saëns - Ibert
Felix Slatkin, CA Orch, 1952-4		 Tchaikovsky, Gould
Morton Gould, Orchs., 1951/3		 Acoustic Recordings, Vol. 1
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch., 1917-24
PASC190
Pristine release date 25/9/09

PASC191
Pristine release date 25/9/09

PASC192
Pristine release date 02/10/09
Beethoven Missa Solemnis (live)
Toscanini, NBC SO, soloists, 1953		 Boult conducts English Music
Boult, London Philharmonic, 1954		 Respighi Orchestral Music
Doráti, Galliera, 1954/5
PACO034
Pristine release date 9/10/09

PASC193
Pristine release date 9/10/09

PASC194
Pristine release date 16/10/09
Verdi Falstaff (Salzburg Fest.)
Toscanini, VPO, soloists, 1937		 George Weldon conducts Elgar
Weldon, LSO, 1953-4		 Beethoven - Hammervlavier
Louis Kentner, 1939
PACO035
Pristine release date 23/10/09

PASC196
Pristine release date 23/10/09

PAKM034
Pristine release date 30/10/09
Schubert - Quartets 8 & 15
Busch Quartet, 1938		 Beethoven - Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Schnabel, LSO, LPO, Sargent, 1932/5		 Brahms - Piano Quartets 1 & 2
Trio Santoliquido & Giuranna, 1958
PACM066
Pristine release date 30/10/09

PASC197
Pristine release date 6/11/09
PACM067
Pristine release date 6/11/09
Beethoven - Symphonies 2 & 8
Scherchen, Royal Phil., 1954		 Bloch - Israel Symphony, Schelomo
Litschauer, Machula et al, 1951/2		 Tchaikovsky - 1st Decca Stereo LP
Alwyn, LSO, 1958
PASC198
Pristine release date 13/11/09

PASC199
Pristine release date 13/11/09

PASC200
Pristine release date 20/11/09
Bartók and Bloch
Kubelik, Chicago SO, 1951		 A Concert of English Music
Miller, CBS SO, Herrmann, 1945		 Sibelius - 78rpm Anthology
Various Artists, 1930-41
PASC201
Pristine release date 20/11/09
PASC202
Pristine release date 27/11/09
PASC204
Pristine release date 4/12/09
Beethoven - Symphonies 6, 7
Paray, Detroit SO, 1953/4		 Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier
Lehmann et al, VPO, Heger, 1933		 Beethoven - Symphony 4, 6 Overtures
Scherchen, RPO, VSOO, 1954
PASC206
Pristine release date 11/12/09
PACO036
Pristine release date 11/12/09
PASC207
Pristine release date 18/12/09
Prokofiev, Debussy et al
Toscanini, NBC SO, 15/3/1950		 Kind of Blue : XR
Miles Davis, 1959 		Beethoven 1, 2 Mozart 35th, stereo
Paray, Detroit SO, 1959 & 1956
PASC208
Pristine release date 18/12/09
PASC205
Pristine release date 1/1/10
PASC209
Pristine release date 8/1/09
Verdi Requiem
Toscanini, NBC SO et al, 1940		 Bach Orchestral Transciptions
Ormandy, Philadelphia, 1946-55		 Wagner Das Rheingold
Krauss, Bayreuth Festival, 1953
PACO038
Pristine release date 15/1/10
PASC211
Pristine release date 22/1/10

PACO039
Pristine release date 29/1/10
Elgar, Delius, Wagner
Beecham, Seattle Symphony, 1943		 Beethoven's Fifhs
Badura-Skoda, Scherchen, 1951/4		 The Magic Key of RCA
Stokowski, Ormandi, Iturbi etc, 1937
PASC212
Pristine release date 5/2/10
PASC213
Pristine release date 12/2/10
PASC214
Pristine release date 12/2/10
Wagner Die Walküre
Krauss, Bayreuth Festival, 1953		 Hertz Vol. 3 - French Music
Hertz, San Francisco SO, 1925-28		 A Felix Slatkin Compendium
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orch, 1954-59
PACO040
Pristine release date 19/2/10
PASC215
Pristine release date 26/2/10

PASC218
Pristine release date 12/3/10

 

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About Pristine Audio's XR Remastering

Pristine Audio XR (Extended Range) builds on the technologies behind Pristine Audio's Natural Sound recordings to dig deeper into the grooves of early recordings than ever before and pull out the frequencies hidden there, previously lost behind surface noise and hiss, as well as to re-align the audible frequencies that were often distorted during the recording process by poor vintage recording equipment.

The results are astonishing - beyond anything you ever dreamed possible.

Following this re-equalisation and the careful application of noise reduction we can, at long last, start to hear something approaching a true hi-fi sound from recordings made between the 1920's to 1950's, and even astonishingly realistic sound quality from acoustic recordings made before 1925.

There's no trickery involved, no artificial generation of frequencies (for many this seemed the most likely way to achieve this). What you hear is straight out of the record grooves, sounds lost for decades, with a frequency range approaching that of an FM radio broadcast for 78s, and beyond for LPs.

Finally the great recordings of the golden era of recording can stand sonically alongside their modern counterparts!

 

"Very impressive... The sound...has depth and vividness that allows you to appreciate the wonderful attention to the work's pacing and, particularly, shading that Weingartner brings."
Gramophone, June 2007, on Weingartner's Eroica, a Gramophone Essential Download

 

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Natural Sound

Before XR, there was Pristine Audio's Natural Sound


Natural Sound logo

In addition to our growing collection of XR-remasered recordings, look out for the Natural Sound logo.

Natural Sound was the name given to the remastering process which immediately preceeded XR, and the two are about 90% identical in operation.

What Natural Sound lacked was the ability to dig deeply enough into upper the frequencies of older recordings to try and bring out otherwise lost harmonics.

However, in every other respect it achieves very similar results and brings huge advances in the field of historic recorded music.

The technique was developed whilst working on Toscanini's classical recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7:

Toscanini Beethoven 7th

This was reviewed in the January/February 2008 issue of Fanfare Magazine thus:

Wow!
Okay, you want more than a one-word review?
Double wow! A must-get disc. You all know, or should know, this performance. It has never sounded this good.

 

Look out for the Natural Sound logo on dozens of recordings at this site.