"Toscanini completes the trilogy; and be it said at the start that he gets a remarkably good recording. His performance, and the orchestra's, it goes without saying, are superb." - The Gramophone, 1954

Toscanini was a great advocate for his friend Respighi's Roman Trilogy, and these studio recordings, made with the NBC SO between 1949 and 1953, really shine here in these new Ambient Stereo XR remasters from Pristine.

This week we also celebrate another composer with strong Toscanini links - it's Verdi's 211th birthday, and all week we have a special automatic discount on all his recordings at Pristine.

"Sometimes we reviewers cannot in the circumstances of the case cease from hedging and beating about the bush. But this time I shall say that I think this new Turandot is the best." - The Gramophone, 1961

Shortlisted for Album of the Year and winner of Classical Album of the Year in the 1960 Grammy Awards, this superb Turandot, recorded in stereo in 1959 with Jussi Björling and Birgit Nilsson in the lead roles and Erich Leinsdorf conducting in Rome now sounds truly incredible with in new XR remaster.

This week we also celebrate Shostakovich's 118th birthday with a special 10% automatic discount on all his recordings.

To mark the 150th birthday of Arnold Schoenberg, we bring you this week two recordings so rare that they've probably not been heard in 62 and 83 years respectively - from two of the finest orchestras and conductors of their times.

Stokowski's 1941 NBC SO performance of Pelleas und Melisande took place after that evening's radio broadcast ended, and the resultant reference discs have lain unplayed ever since. Meanwhile a brilliant performance in concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Erich Leinsdorf in 1962 of Verklärte Nacht, captured in brilliant stereo, has likewise remained in the vaults until now.

We also celebrate the 150th birthday this week of Holst with a 20% automatic discount on all his recordings at Pristine.