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LÉNER QUARTET Beethoven String Quartets Vol.3: The Late Quartets

by Andrew Rose May 14, 2021

'“Indispensable” and “mandatory” are words far too weak to convey the importance of hearing and acquiring this set, and those to come. This is simply the stuff of immortality; highest possible recommendation...

MARIA CALLAS in Aida

by Andrew Rose May 10, 2021

"Callas’s Aida is an assumption of total understanding and conviction; the growth from a slave-girl torn between love for her homeland and Radames, to a woman whose feelings transcend life itself, represents...

SCHNÉEVOIGT conducts Sibelius, NBC SO, 1939

by Andrew Rose April 30, 2021

This week we have unearthed something very special from the seemingly endless treasures in the NBC Symphony Orchestra archives. How lucky are we to have such a fabulous orchestra being recorded in great qual...

GINETTE NEVEU en Amérique

by Andrew Rose April 23, 2021

This week’s release is one of the most exciting that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of (writes Mark Obert-Thorn). How often does one get the opportunity to expand in a significant way the slender discog...

STOKOWSKI - BACH Symphonic Transcriptions

by Andrew Rose April 16, 2021

Sunday 18 April sees the 139th birthday of Leopold Stokowski, and it's the ideal moment for us to reach the final volume of our extensive series of releases covering the great maestro's time with the NBC Sym...

BRUNO WALTER at the NBC, Volume 1

by Andrew Rose April 02, 2021

Bruno Walter was just one of many guest conductors to take the podium in Radio City, New York and lead the NBC Symphony Orchestra, but he was certainly among the most illustrious. This week's release draws m...

ARRAU Bach: Goldberg Variations

by Andrew Rose March 26, 2021

"Claudio Arrau, the Chilean pianist, enthralled the audience at his recital last night in Carnegie Hall with a series of performances that could hardly be excelled for imaginative detail, wealth of exquisite...

LEO BLECH 150th Anniversary Album

by Andrew Rose March 19, 2021

This is a great collection of recordings by Leo Blech, a conductor more associated with the operatic repertoire, with a number of recordings made to celebrate the centenaries of Beethoven and Schubert - in p...

BIRGIT NILSSON in Puccini's La fanciulla del West

by Andrew Rose March 12, 2021

"Nilsson remembered what a struggle she had learning the part at the last minute specially for the recording, yet her poise and control of line readily match that of Tebaldi on the rival Decca set which was ...

BOULT The NBC Recordings

by Andrew Rose March 05, 2021

This is a very exciting release: Sir Adrian Boult's only two broadcast concerts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra in astonishingly fine sound quality, from May 1938. These never-before-released recordings incl...

STOKOWSKI conducts C20 American Composers

by Andrew Rose February 25, 2021

The NBC broadcasts of Leopold Stokowski continue to prove a rich mine of fabulous and unusual musical riches. Stokowski wasn't shy in his promotion of contemporary American music whilst conducting the NBC Sy...

MENGELBERG Telefunken Recordings, Volume 1

by Andrew Rose February 19, 2021

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Willem Mengelberg (28 March 1871), Pristine is pleased to present the first in a series of releases surveying the conductor’s recordings with the Conce...

BEECHAM conducts Bizet's Carmen

by Andrew Rose February 12, 2021

“Beecham’s work was a triumph of brilliant pacing, of delicate accompanying, of fine attention to detail and of general animation. He made the Bizet score sound like the superb score that it is, and he made ...