Pristine Classical

The finest historic recorded music, remastered to award-winning acclaim

Pristine Classical

The finest historic recorded music, remastered to award-winning acclaim

Pristine Classical

The finest historic recorded music, remastered to award-winning acclaim

Pristine Classical

The finest historic recorded music, remastered to award-winning acclaim

Pristine Classical

The finest historic recorded music, remastered to award-winning acclaim

Most Recent Releases

PUCCINI Turandot: Nilsson & Corelli

The Met's 1962 Turandot revival struck box office gold. Starring Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli, with Kurt Adler conducting, it was a runaway success. Relive those superlative performances in this week's Ambient Stereo XR remastered live broadcast performance as we mark Puccini's 100th anniversary.

We also mark Furtwängler's 70th anniversary this week, with a full 20% automatic discount on all 51 Pristine offerings of his unbeatable performances at the podium.

And we join in the global Black Friday madness with a full €100 discount on all our USB Digital Music Collections. Dubbed "one of the record bargains of the century" at full price by Gramophone magazine, this discount will be applied automatically on orders placed from now until December 6.

FURTWÄNGLER Complete Beethoven Symphonies

"In 1944, the conductor conveys an edge of your seat volatility that may have something to do with the circumstances under which the recording was made... Furtwängler finds a truth in these scores that only the most penetrating and dedicated artists ever realize... a summit of the art of conducting" - Fanfare

"It would be implausible that Furtwängler is doing anything other than venting his angst through this troubling music... For those who want a recording of Furtwängler’s famous 1942 account this is the best I have heard." - MusicWeb International

This week we reissue our Complete Furtwängler Beethoven Symphonies in a beautifully packaged 6-CD set, complete with a newly-updated 1942 Ninth Symphony.

We also celebrate Britten's 111th birthday, with an 11% discount on all his music at Pristine.

VERDI Il Trovatore (1930)

"A remarkably fine reproduction of Il Trovatore and one of the best examples, if not the very best, of opera-recording that has been put forward since the electrical process came into use" - The Gramophone, 1931

Recorded some 94 years ago in Milan, this 1930 masterpiece remains one of the greatest recordings of Verdi's Il Trovatore, starring Aureliano Pertile, with superb support from Maria Carena, Apollo Granforte and Irene Minghini-Cattaneo. These new transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn bring brilliant new life to an all-time great!

We also celebrate this week the 125th birthday of Eugene Ormandy, with a special 20% discount on all his recordings at Pristine.

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What the reviewers say

FURTWÄNGLER Wagner Ring Cycle: 4. Götterdämmerung (1950, La Scala) - PACO093

Flagstad pours it on—the quality of her voice and her stamina are remarkable

Fanfare magazine

KLEMPERER in Philadelphia, Vol. 1: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms (1962) - PASC465

This “Eroica” is one of Klemperer’s great statements of the work

Fanfare magazine

LEINSDORF Wagner: Die Walküre (1940, Met) - PACO125

Probably the most significant recording to come along since the recent Wagner bicentennial

The Washington Post

TOSCANINI All-Verdi Concert (1943) - PACO106

Never have I heard the entire broadcast in such excellent sound ... one of the greatest of all Toscanini concerts

Fanfare magazine