Pristine Classical

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The latest Pristine releases, weekly restorations and catalogue offers.

SCHURICHT Beethoven Symphonies 4 & 5

SCHURICHT Beethoven Symphonies 4 & 5

by Andrew Rose
"A really first-class performance of the Fifth" said The Gramophone magazine in 1959 of Carl Schuricht's Paris Conservatoire Orchestra recording, made by EMI in 1957. This week we reach the mid-point of Schu...
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Frederick Stock & The Chicago Symphony

Frederick Stock & The Chicago Symphony

by Andrew Rose
This week's new release returns to our top-selling series of recordings by Frederick Stock with his Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Featuring a superb interpretation of Mozart's 40th Symphony, there are also wo...
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HAUSEGGER Bruckner Symphony No. 9

HAUSEGGER Bruckner Symphony No. 9

by Andrew Rose
In 1938, Siegmund von Hausegger and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra recorded a definitive - and world première - studio recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 for HMV/Electrola, some six years after establ...
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SCHURICHT Beethoven Symphonies 2 & 3

SCHURICHT Beethoven Symphonies 2 & 3

by Andrew Rose
This week we bring you the second volume in our complete Beethoven symphonies, recorded between 1957 and 1959 by Carl Schuricht with the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, featuring the Second Symphony and the T...
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COLLINS conducts Sibelius

COLLINS conducts Sibelius

by Andrew Rose
Anthony Collins was the first conductor outside of Scandinavia to record the complete Sibelius symphonies - but he didn't stop there. This week we release a smorgasbord of Sibelius from his baton, in recordi...
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MARIA CALLAS in Puccini's Manon Lescaut

MARIA CALLAS in Puccini's Manon Lescaut

by Andrew Rose
"Callas displays herself at every moment of this opera a great artist of the gramophone, an interpreter who removes veils from our eyes, and a singing actress who, like all great singers of this century, tr...
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SZIGETI The European Columbia Recordings, Volume 4

SZIGETI The European Columbia Recordings, Volume 4

by Andrew Rose
This release concludes our 7-CD set of the complete European Columbia recordings of Joseph Szigeti, spanning the years 1926 to 1946. The chronological order of the series brings us to the 20th Century, with ...
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QUINTETTO CHIGIANO Bloch & Shostakovich

QUINTETTO CHIGIANO Bloch & Shostakovich

by Andrew Rose
Italy's Quintetto Chigiano were one of the finest chamber music ensembles of their day, and were captured at their height in a number of superb Decca recordings. This week we bring you two examples of the ve...
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TOSCANINI conducts Verdi's Falstaff

TOSCANINI conducts Verdi's Falstaff

by Andrew Rose
Was Toscanini the definitive Verdi conductor of the age of recorded sound? His conducting debut, aged 19, was Verdi's Aida. He played cello in the world première of Otello. He met with Verdi and discussed t...
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SCHURICHT Beethoven Symphonies Vol. 1

SCHURICHT Beethoven Symphonies Vol. 1

by Andrew Rose
This week we begin a major new Beethoven Symphony Cycle, with Carl Schuricht's unique Paris Conservatoire set, recorded by EMI between 1957 and 1959, starting with the First and Sixth (Pastoral) Symphonies. ...
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TIPPETT King Priam - the World Première

TIPPETT King Priam - the World Première

by Andrew Rose
Michael Tippett's 1962 opera King Priam marked a turning point for the composer, establishing his reputation as a major British composer almost overnight after more than a decade of lukewarm criticism. This...
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