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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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KREISLER The Violin Concerto Recordings

by Andrew Rose February 28, 2025

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 ...

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20th Birthday Special: Rodzinski's Shostakovich Premiere

by Andrew Rose February 21, 2025

This week we celebrate Pristine's 20th birthday! All week long, until Friday 28 February, there's an automatic 20% discount on everything on our we...

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Björling and Sayão are Roméo et Juliette

by Andrew Rose February 14, 2025

This week's new release features the legendary 1947 live performance of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette from the Metropolitan Opera, starring Jussi Björ...

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YVES NAT plays Schubert & Brahms

by Andrew Rose February 07, 2025

This week we bring you piano music recorded in 1953 and 1955 by the brilliant French musician and composer, Yves Nat. A reluctant, if much-loved li...

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WALTER Mahler Symphony No. 1

by Andrew Rose January 31, 2025

This week's release features Bruno Walter's 1954 mono recording of Mahler's First Symphony with the New York Philharmonic, captured at Carnegie Hal...

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Wagner's Ring Cycle - Furtwángler, 1953

by Andrew Rose January 24, 2025

This week at Pristine we see the reissue of Furtwängler's legendary live 1953 Rome RAI recordings of Wagner's Ring Cycle as a premium 13-CD set wit...

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1925: Landmarks from the Dawn of Electrical Recording

by Andrew Rose January 17, 2025

A century ago, the advent of electrical recording transformed the music industry. This innovation replaced the outdated acoustic recording method, ...

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