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Pristine Classical

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The latest Pristine releases, weekly restorations and catalogue offers.

STOCK Chicago Symphony Vol. 6

STOCK Chicago Symphony Vol. 6

by Andrew Rose
Frederick Stock closes his remarkable Chicago Symphony discography with a final set of 1941 studio recordings that perfectly capture the qualities which made him one of America’s great orchestral builders: a...
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WALTER conducts Mahler 4

WALTER conducts Mahler 4

by Andrew Rose
Bruno Walter’s 1953 Carnegie Hall performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 stands among the most eloquent recordings of this deeply personal work. Conducting the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, wi...
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MENUHIN plays Contemporary Sonatas

MENUHIN plays Contemporary Sonatas

by Andrew Rose
Yehudi Menuhin is at the centre of this week’s new release in two of the twentieth century’s most important violin sonatas - Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin and Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 1. B...
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Konwitschny’s 1959 Covent Garden Ring

Konwitschny’s 1959 Covent Garden Ring

by Andrew Rose
This week we release the opening chapter of a major new addition to the Pristine catalogue: Franz Konwitschny’s 1959 Covent Garden Ring, beginning with Das Rheingold in vivid BBC broadcast sound from the Roy...
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KARAJAN Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

KARAJAN Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

by Andrew Rose
Herbert von Karajan’s 1962 Royal Festival Hall performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 in E major with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is released this week in a new Ambient Stereo XR remastering from the...
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FURTWÄNGLER Bach: St. Matthew Passion

FURTWÄNGLER Bach: St. Matthew Passion

by Andrew Rose
Wilhelm Furtwängler’s 1954 Vienna St Matthew Passion, newly XR remastered from Holy Week performances recorded in the final months of his life, brings his unmistakable sense of line, structure and drama to B...
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LYMPANY The Rachamaninov Preludes

LYMPANY The Rachamaninov Preludes

by Andrew Rose
This week we release Moura Lympany’s complete recording of the Twenty-Four Preludes of Sergei Rachmaninov, set down in January 1951 and newly remastered in XR sound. A pianist of uncommon clarity and authori...
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COATES conducts 20th Century Music

COATES conducts 20th Century Music

by Andrew Rose
This week from Pristine we release COATES conducts 20th Century Music, a striking programme that finds Albert Coates at the forefront of his era’s most adventurous repertoire. From Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy...
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RODZIŃSKI 1938 NBC Broadcasts Vol. 4

RODZIŃSKI 1938 NBC Broadcasts Vol. 4

by Andrew Rose
The fourth and final volume in our series of Artur Rodzinski's 1938 broadcasts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra is now released. The programme brings together two sharply contrasted concerts given a week apar...
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SZELL conducts Bruckner

SZELL conducts Bruckner

by Andrew Rose
This week we release George Szell conducting Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 8 in C minor with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. Recorded live during the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall subscript...
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ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gui, 1962

ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gui, 1962

by Andrew Rose
Rossini’s The Barber of Seville returns this week in Vittorio Gui’s classic 1962 recording, timed perfectly for the 210th anniversary of the opera’s Rome premiere. Il barbiere di Siviglia remains the quickes...
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KREISLER plays Violin Concertos

KREISLER plays Violin Concertos

by Andrew Rose
In the mid-1930s, Fritz Kreisler returned to the studio to remake four of his most celebrated concerto recordings. These London performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra capture the violinist in hi...
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