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WALTER at the NBC, Vol. 4

WALTER at the NBC, Vol. 4

“This radio machine is building up a new kind of community. The people are being united in the spirit of Beethoven and Brahms by listening in. A ne...

LONDON STRING QUARTET

LONDON STRING QUARTET

"Never have I heard better balance in a quartet on the gramophone, and the 'cello - that bête noir of the experts - has been recorded almost to per...

RODZINSKI at the NBC 1938, Volume 2

RODZINSKI at the NBC 1938, Volume 2

"The performance was one of exceptional brilliancy and one that displayed to very marked advantage the virtuosity of the orchestra. Aside from its ...

CORELLI & PRICE in Verdi's Il Trovatore

CORELLI & PRICE in Verdi's Il Trovatore

In 1961 two great singers made their Met Opera debuts together in Verdi's Il Trovatore. As Franco Corelli and Leontyne Price ended their first perf...

TOSCANINI in Pasadena, 1950

TOSCANINI in Pasadena, 1950

Toscanini's 1950 trans-continental tour was the only time he went out with the NBC Symphony Orchestra to traverse the USA: 22 concerts played acros...

Rudolph Ganz in St. Louis

Rudolph Ganz in St. Louis

Pristine’s latest release showcases the remarkable talents of Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972), a pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator. This co...

Leontyne Price's 1962 Tosca

Leontyne Price's 1962 Tosca

“Leontyne Price was an excellent Tosca. Her luscious, smoky tone made her an alluring diva and she phrased in long, generous lines. She recorded th...

Monteux conducts Ravel

Monteux conducts Ravel

On 7 March 1959 Pierre Monteux and the New York Philharmonic gave a concert to mark Maurice Ravel's 84th birthday featuring a number of works by th...

KREISLER The Violin Concerto Recordings

KREISLER The Violin Concerto Recordings

This week at Pristine we celebrate the 150th birthday of one of the great violinists of the early recording era: Fritz Kreisler. This new 3-CD set ...

20th Birthday Special: Rodzinski's Shostakovich Premiere

20th Birthday Special: Rodzinski's Shostakovich Premiere

This week we celebrate Pristine's 20th birthday! All week long, until Friday 28 February, there's an automatic 20% discount on everything on our we...

Björling and Sayão are Roméo et Juliette

Björling and Sayão are Roméo et Juliette

This week's new release features the legendary 1947 live performance of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette from the Metropolitan Opera, starring Jussi Björ...

YVES NAT plays Schubert & Brahms

YVES NAT plays Schubert & Brahms

This week we bring you piano music recorded in 1953 and 1955 by the brilliant French musician and composer, Yves Nat. A reluctant, if much-loved li...