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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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Pristine Classical is the biggest historical music download site on the Internet. There are hundreds of recordings to purchase, all with substantial full-quality audio previews. Choose between high quality MP3 files or lossless FLAC files for full CD-quality downloads, then click on artwork to download and print out the CD covers - or order our custom-made CDs, sent to you direct by priority air mail.

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There are hundreds of historic Classical music recordings on the Pristine Audio label, and they're all here to purchase as downloads or CDs - click on the index links above or cover artwork below.
Pristine Audio has pioneered revolutionary new restoration techniques, which can be heard to fullest effect on our critically-acclaimed XR- remastered and Ambient Stereo recordings.
new A Felix Slatkin Compendium
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orch, 1954-59
Barber Symphony 2, Violin Conc
Koussevitzky, Boston SO, 1944/49
Brahms, Thomson, Chabrier
Stokowski, NYPO, 1950

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A cornucopia of stereo delights await you on this double-CD set from Felix Slatkin

PASC217

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Premières abound in this centenary tribute to Barber - the complete Koussevitzky Barber

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Superb performances of rare repertoire, plus an exhilarating Brahms 2nd

Hertz Vol. 3 - French Music
Hertz, San Francisco SO, 1925-28
Wagner Die Walküre
Krauss, Bayreuth Festival, 1953
Beethoven's Fifths
Badura-Skoda, Scherchen, 1951/4

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Third volume of our complete Hertz/SF series, concentrating on French composers

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Continuing this astonshing Ring cycle - Krauss's "Die Walküre" is truly wonderful

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The 5th Symphony and 5th Piano Concerto - an excellent addition to our Scherchen

 

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Chamber Music

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WOLF
Italian Serenade
String Quartet in D minor

New Music Quartet
Rec. 1954

Rare and near-complete chamber music from one of the great composers of lieder,

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Coppola and Monteux conduct Coppola

Piero Coppola
Piero Coppola

Coppola
Ronde sous la Cloche
Burlesque
Scherzo Fantastique
Interlude Dramatique*

Orch. Symphonique de Paris
cond. Coppola, *Monteux
Rec. c.1931

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Piero Coppola (October 11, 1888 in Milan – March 17, 1971 in Lausanne, Switzerland) was an Italian conductor, pianist and composer.

Coppola's parents were both singers. He studied at the Milan Conservatory, graduating in piano and composition in 1910. By 1911 he was already conducting opera at La Scala opera house in Milan.

That year he heard Debussy conduct his own compositions Ibéria and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune in Turin, an experience that "had a decisive influence on his career".

He then worked in Brussels, Belgium before spending the duration of World War I in Scandinavia. In 1921 Coppola resided in London and he later later moved to France.

Between 1923 and 1934 he was the artistic director of La Voix de son Maître, the French branch of The Gramophone Company. In 1924 he was asked by Sylvia Beach to make a recording of James Joyce reading from Ulysses: Coppola replied that the recording would have to be made at Beach's expense, would not have the HMV label on it and would not be listed in the catalog.

In the late 1920s and 1930s Coppola conducted recordings of many works of Debussy and Ravel, including the first recordings of Debussy's La mer and Ravel's Boléro.

Coppola's conducting enjoyed the admiration of Debussy, although the composer never actually heard Coppola perform any of his works.

His work in French repertoire has been widely praised. His recordings of Debussy have been described as "without rival for the period", with his 1938 recording of Nocturnes eulogized as a "masterpiece" and among the early recordings "closest to Debussy's thought".

His recording of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin won the Grand Prix du Disque in 1932. Coppola also conducted the first recording of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, with Prokofiev himself as soloist, in June 1932.

From 1939 onwards Coppola worked in Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

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