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Maria Callas Arias: Puccini & Verdi

by Andrew Rose June 06, 2025

This week we launch the first in a long-anticipated series of Maria Callas's studio aria recordings, following the hugely popular release of her co...

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MONTEUX conducts Ravel, Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose May 30, 2025

This year marks the 150th birthdays of two great French musical figures, Maurice Ravel and Pierre Monteux. Monteux conducted the premières of sever...

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BOULT & the BBC S0 - Pre-war Rarities Vol. 3

by Andrew Rose May 23, 2025

This week, Pristine returns to the pre-war orchestral recordings of Sir Adrian Boult and his BBC Symphony Orchestra. This latest release concentrat...

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FIRKUŠNÝ plays Debussy

by Andrew Rose May 02, 2025

"The word that comes to mind to describe Firkušný’s playing here is "fresh.” He is poised, rhythmically alert and completely to the point. There is...

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WALTER at the NBC, Vol. 4

by Andrew Rose April 25, 2025

“This radio machine is building up a new kind of community. The people are being united in the spirit of Beethoven and Brahms by listening in. A ne...

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LONDON STRING QUARTET

by Andrew Rose April 18, 2025

"Never have I heard better balance in a quartet on the gramophone, and the 'cello - that bête noir of the experts - has been recorded almost to per...

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RODZINSKI at the NBC 1938, Volume 2

by Andrew Rose April 11, 2025

"The performance was one of exceptional brilliancy and one that displayed to very marked advantage the virtuosity of the orchestra. Aside from its ...

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CORELLI & PRICE in Verdi's Il Trovatore

by Andrew Rose April 04, 2025

In 1961 two great singers made their Met Opera debuts together in Verdi's Il Trovatore. As Franco Corelli and Leontyne Price ended their first perf...

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TOSCANINI in Pasadena, 1950

by Andrew Rose March 28, 2025

Toscanini's 1950 trans-continental tour was the only time he went out with the NBC Symphony Orchestra to traverse the USA: 22 concerts played acros...

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Rudolph Ganz in St. Louis

by Andrew Rose March 21, 2025

Pristine’s latest release showcases the remarkable talents of Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972), a pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator. This co...

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Leontyne Price's 1962 Tosca

by Andrew Rose March 14, 2025

“Leontyne Price was an excellent Tosca. Her luscious, smoky tone made her an alluring diva and she phrased in long, generous lines. She recorded th...

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Monteux conducts Ravel

by Andrew Rose March 07, 2025

On 7 March 1959 Pierre Monteux and the New York Philharmonic gave a concert to mark Maurice Ravel's 84th birthday featuring a number of works by th...

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