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

BASTIANINI in Donezetti's La Favorita

This week we release our 200th vocal music album, a fabulous 1955 stereo production of Donizetti's opera La Favorita, recorded by Decca in Florence, with Alberto Erede conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus & Orchestra.

The three stars, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato and Gianni Poggi, produce sterling performances - this new XR-remastered production breathes vivid new life into a great-sounding production!

SPRING SALE: From Friday 24 March, until 3pm Central European Time on Friday 7 April, get  up to 25% off all our downloads, CDs & Digital Music Collections. Discount will be applied automatically at the checkout: Save 10% for orders of €50 or more, 15% for €100 or more, 20% for €200 or more, or 25% for €500 or more.

MENGELBERG Concertgebouw Telefunkens Vol. 3

Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam recorded some of the finest sounding discs of the 1930s and 1940s, and this week brings a double-CD of their superb Telefunken studio recordings from 1938 and 1940.

There are two symphonies: Beethoven's Fourth and Brahm's Second, plus a fabulous Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture. There are also shorter works from Dopper, Andriessen, the conductor's nephew Rudolf Mengelberg and more, as well as two solo appearances by soprano Jo Vincent - all in fabulous new transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn.

MELCHIOR PROMOTION: From Friday 17 March, until 3pm Central European Time on Friday 24 March, get 20% off all our recordings of music recorded by  Lauritz Melchior as we mark his 50th anniversary all week.

ANSERMET French & Swiss music at the NBC

Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet was guest conductor over 3 seasons with the NBC Symphony Orchestra between 1948 and 1950, giving a total of eleven hour-long broadcasts from Radio City in New York.

This release highlights his championing of French and Swiss conductors, with over two and a half hours ravishing dedicated to the music of Debussy, Ravel, Chabrier, Honegger and the US première of Frank Martin's Petite Symphonie concertante. We don't think any of this has been released before - but it should have been: it's fabulous!

WALTON PROMOTION: From Friday 10 March, until 3pm Central European Time on Friday 17 March, get 20% off all our recordings of music by Walton as we mark his 40th anniversary all week.

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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