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BOULT & THE BBC SYMPHONY Pre War Recordings

by Andrew Rose September 16, 2022

This week sees the first in a new series which will bring you the complete pre-war orchestral recordings of Sir Adrian Boult and his BBC Symphony Orchestra, in fine transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. A surprisi...

ADOLF BUSCH and friends play Brahms

by Andrew Rose September 09, 2022

Adolf Busch is joined by Rudolf Serkin (piano), Aubrey Brain (horn), Reginald Kell (clarinet) and of course his eponymous quartet in this fabulous collection of rare and special recordings of chamber music b...

RODZINSKI at the NBC, Vol. 3

by Andrew Rose September 02, 2022

"Bravo, bravo, Rodzinski! Orchestra magnifica e magnifico concerto ... che bel lavoro! [Bravo, bravo, Rodzinski! Magnificent orchestra and magnificent concert ... what beautiful work]" - Toscanini to Rodzi...

BOULT Vaughan Williams Symphonies, Vol. 4

by Andrew Rose August 26, 2022

It's sixty-four years since the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams on 26 August 1958, and it seems only appropriate that, although we're releasing this series of superlative recordings to mark his 150th birth...

LÉNER QUARTET Debussy, Ravel & Franck

by Andrew Rose August 19, 2022

This week, we return to Pristine’s critically-acclaimed and best-selling series featuring the Léner Quartet. We hear them now in a program featuring works by Debussy and Ravel. Ravel heard the Léners play h...

CALLAS in La Sonnambula - SUMMER SALE!

by Andrew Rose July 29, 2022

"I have used the words “spellbinding and sublime art” about Callas’s interpretation of the role [of Amina]. It is very intricate, and fired by poetic intellect. I need hardly point out how strikingly she co...

ORMANDY in Minneapolis, Volume 2

by Andrew Rose July 22, 2022

This week we return to the recordings Eugene Ormandy made with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in the 1930s. Once again the recordings cover a wide range of music, with no less than twelve composers repr...

ADOLF BUSCH the composer: Music from Marlboro

by Andrew Rose July 15, 2022

This week's release is something of a step sideways for Pristine. After several recent releases of recordings of Adolf Busch as violinist we turn for a moment to another important - yet far more neglected - ...

FURTWÄNGLER The Munich Bruckner 4

by Andrew Rose July 08, 2022

It was to be Wilhelm Furtwängler's final word on Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, at least as far as known recordings are concerned, and his penultimate recorded Bruckner symphony, and yet for over 70 years this...

BOULT Vaughan Williams Symphonies Volume 3: Symphonies 4 & 5

by Andrew Rose July 01, 2022

"It is a very definite feather in Decca’s cap that they should bring out a complete recording of all the symphonies of Britain’s greatest living composer; and it is especially encouraging that they should ...

RENATA TEBALDI'S 1952 Tosca

by Andrew Rose June 24, 2022

"It is more than possible that Madame Callas's Tosca is more effective on the stage than on discs, but whatever the reason her performance, recorded, does not equal to that of Tebaldi." - The Gramophone, 19...

MENGELBERG/CONCERTGEBOUW Telefunkens Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose June 17, 2022

This week’s release returns to our series featuring Willem Mengelberg’s complete recordings with the Concertgebouw Orchestra for the Telefunken label, which was begun last year in celebration of the conducto...

BUSCH & SERKIN at the Library of Congress

by Andrew Rose June 10, 2022

This album of recitals from the Library of Congress in Washington by Adolf Busch & Rudolf Serkin includes three recordings issued here for the first time: Busch's arrangement of Stafford Smith's 'The St...