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MILSTEIN Rarities - with Toscanini, Stokowski & Ormandy

by Andrew Rose May 19, 2017

Nathan Milstein (1904 –1992) was a Ukranian-born American virtuoso violinist. Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo vio...

BEECHAM at the Royal Festival Hall, Vol. 1

by Andrew Rose May 12, 2017

'SIR THOMAS BEECHAM returned to London’s routine concert scene on Sunday night, and the crowded audience in the Festival Hall, falling at once under the old spell, was rejuvenated into a fresh awareness of u...

WALTON Troilus and Cressida

by Andrew Rose May 05, 2017

Sir William Walton's 1954 opera Troilus and Cressida received its first performances under the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent at Covent Garden, London in December 1954. With starring roles for Richard Lewis an...

CANTELLI in New York, Vol. 1

by Andrew Rose April 28, 2017

Guido Cantelli's short career blossomed in the US in the early 1950s, where he was widely seen as the natural heir to Toscanini, not least by the maestro himself. Conducting the New York Philharmonic-Symphon...

STOKOWSKI conducts Brahms' 1st

by Andrew Rose April 21, 2017

In this, Pristine's 500th orchestral release, we celebrate Stokowski's 135th birthday with a classic recording that's exactly 90 years old - it also marks 40 years since the death of Leopold Stokowski. That'...

JOHN PRITCHARD in Edinburgh - featuring previously unreleased Luigi Nono work in its world première!

by Andrew Rose April 14, 2017

This remarkable concert, captured in superb stereo by the BBC at the Edinburgh Festival and XR-remastered by Pristine for its first ever release features some fine performances of music by Mozart and Tchaiko...

VAN BEINUM conducts Mahler

by Andrew Rose April 07, 2017

Van Beinum conducts Mahler: The Complete Studio Recordings, 1946 – 1956 Eduard van Beinum worked for many years at the Concertgebouw alongside legendary Mahlerian Willem Mengelberg, eventually succeeding hi...

TOSCANINI conducts American Music, Volume 2

by Andrew Rose March 31, 2017

"[Toscanini] kept asking Grofé if the tempo was right . . . ; after all, Grofé was the composer and the Old Man always felt the composer was much more important than the conductor. Every time he asked Grofé ...

STRAVINSKY Rare and unissued early recordings

by Andrew Rose March 17, 2017

Igor Stravinsky's music shocked and got the world talking a century ago - and was quick to be picked up by the great conductors, musicians and recording companies of the age. This new collection, curated and...

TOSCANINI conducts American Music, Volume 1

by Andrew Rose March 10, 2017

"The 1942 concert concluded with Rhapsody in Blue in a performance given by Earl Wild. He was the youngest soloist to have played with the orchestra and always wondered why he and not a raft of others had be...

BRUNO WALTER conducts Brahms, Volume Three

by Andrew Rose March 03, 2017

"These concerts apparently find Mr. Walter at the very zenith of his powers, absorbed in a task which is especially dear to him. He conducted last night the variations on the theme of Haydn, the Third Sympho...

Markevitch: Russian Music at the Edinburgh Festival, 1962

by Andrew Rose March 02, 2017

"Markevitch had established himself as a conductor of notable technical command and musical perception" - Fanfare The second of three volumes recorded in fine sound by the BBC at the 1962 Edinburgh Festival ...

Walter Rarities Vol. 2 - more rare and unreleased recordings

by Andrew Rose February 02, 2017

"Once again, doughty Pristine Audio bravely steps into the breach to fill in a gaping hole in the discography of famous performances that the holders of the original recordings have failed to address" - Fanf...