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MONTEUX conducts Ravel, Vol. 2

MONTEUX conducts Ravel, Vol. 2

by Andrew Rose
This year marks the 150th birthdays of two great French musical figures, Maurice Ravel and Pierre Monteux. Monteux conducted the premières of several of Ravel’s major works and was instrumental in promoting ...
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BOULT & the BBC S0 - Pre-war Rarities Vol. 3

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

by Andrew Rose
This week, Pristine returns to the pre-war orchestral recordings of Sir Adrian Boult and his BBC Symphony Orchestra. This latest release concentrates on Romantic and early modern era works, including overtur...
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FIRKUŠNÝ plays Debussy

FIRKUŠNÝ plays Debussy

by Andrew Rose
"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 something absolutely dewy about these clean-sounding perfor...
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WALTER at the NBC, Vol. 4

WALTER at the NBC, Vol. 4

by Andrew Rose
“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 new harmony is brought into the world, not so harmonious other...
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LONDON STRING QUARTET

LONDON STRING QUARTET

by Andrew Rose
"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 perfection. The music, modern but free from eccentricity, is to...
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RODZINSKI at the NBC 1938, Volume 2

RODZINSKI at the NBC 1938, Volume 2

by Andrew Rose
"The performance was one of exceptional brilliancy and one that displayed to very marked advantage the virtuosity of the orchestra. Aside from its interpretive merits, it may be said that a presentation of t...
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CORELLI & PRICE in Verdi's Il Trovatore

CORELLI & PRICE in Verdi's Il Trovatore

by Andrew Rose
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 performance on the famous New York stage their curtain calls wen...
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TOSCANINI in Pasadena, 1950

TOSCANINI in Pasadena, 1950

by Andrew Rose
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 across 16 states, travelling coast-to-coast and back using a spec...
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Rudolph Ganz in St. Louis

Rudolph Ganz in St. Louis

by Andrew Rose
Pristine’s latest release showcases the remarkable talents of Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972), a pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator. This collection features his complete recordings for Victor, highli...
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Leontyne Price's 1962 Tosca

Leontyne Price's 1962 Tosca

by Andrew Rose
“Leontyne Price was an excellent Tosca. Her luscious, smoky tone made her an alluring diva and she phrased in long, generous lines. She recorded the role twice in the studio. Her first, with Herbert von Kara...
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Monteux conducts Ravel

Monteux conducts Ravel

by Andrew Rose
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 the composer: Le tombeau de Couperin, Rapsodie espagnole and t...
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KREISLER The Violin Concerto Recordings

KREISLER The Violin Concerto Recordings

by Andrew Rose
This week at Pristine we celebrate the 150th birthday of one of the great violinists of the early recording era: Fritz Kreisler. This new 3-CD set includes his complete recorded concerto repertoire, each in ...
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