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KLEIBER Der Rosenkavalier

by Andrew Rose October 10, 2025

Erich Kleiber’s 1954 Decca recording of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier remains one of the great achievements of the post-war Viennese opera world. Wit...

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SERKIN Brahms & Mendelssohn Concertos

by Andrew Rose October 03, 2025

Between 1957 and 1961 Rudolf Serkin joined Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra at Philadelphia’s Broadwood Hotel to record the two piano ...

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VAN BEINUM conducts Schubert & Schumann

by Andrew Rose September 26, 2025

Pristine’s latest release takes us to the Concertgebouw Orchestra of the 1950s under Eduard van Beinum, successor to Willem Mengelberg. Thanks to l...

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MENGELBERG Telefunken Recordings

by Andrew Rose September 19, 2025

Pristine Classical continues its celebration of Willem Mengelberg’s 150th anniversary with the fifth and penultimate volume of his Telefunken recor...

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BEECHAM conducts Bizet

by Andrew Rose September 12, 2025

This week's release is Bizet’s rarely-heard La Jolie Fille de Perth - which sparkles with melody and drama - brought vividly to life in Sir Thomas ...

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TOSCANINI in Pasadena, Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose September 05, 2025

This week at Pristine we present our 750th orchestral release in the shape of Toscanini’s 5th May 1950 concert at Pasadena, California, with the NB...

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CALLAS The Verdi Operas

by Andrew Rose August 29, 2025

This week at Pristine we bring together our six Maria Callas Verdi operas into a 13-CD set, complete with newly enhanced artwork for their first re...

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STOCK & the Chicago SO, Vol. 5

by Andrew Rose August 22, 2025

Pristine’s acclaimed series of Frederick Stock’s orchestral recordings with the Chicago Symphony reaches its penultimate volume. This release featu...

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FRICSAY Mozart: The Magic Flute

by Andrew Rose August 15, 2025

Our release this week is a landmark interpretation of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, which returns in glorious sound: Ferenc Fricsay’s mid-fifties Berli...

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MITROPOULOUS: Shostakovich 10, Athens 1955

by Andrew Rose August 08, 2025

This week, Pristine commemorates the 50th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's death with a historic release: Dimitri Mitropoulos’s acclaimed 1955 ...

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MILSTEIN American Columbias Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose July 18, 2025

Nathan Milstein, one of the 20th century’s most revered violinists, is celebrated here in the second volume of a landmark series reissuing his comp...

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FIRKUŠNÝ & PRIMROSE play Brahms

by Andrew Rose July 11, 2025

This week we return to the artistry of Rudolf Firkušný with a superb pair of Capitol recordings from the late 1950s devoted to Brahms. The 1958 mon...

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