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FURTWÄNGLER Complete Beethoven Symphonies

by Andrew Rose November 22, 2024

"In 1944, the conductor conveys an edge of your seat volatility that may have something to do with the circumstances under which the recording was ...

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VERDI Il Trovatore (1930)

by Andrew Rose November 15, 2024

"A remarkably fine reproduction of Il Trovatore and one of the best examples, if not the very best, of opera-recording that has been put forward si...

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FURTWÄNGLER conducts Bruckner's 8th

by Andrew Rose November 08, 2024

"Furtwängler shines at his most remarkable, inspirational best ... At the beginning of the work there is a strong and immediate feeling of mystery ...

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ANSERMET conducts Fauré

by Andrew Rose November 01, 2024

This week at Pristine we mark Fauré's centenary with a superb selection of fabulous stereo recordings by Ansermet and his Orchestre de la Suisse Ro...

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BLISS conducts Bliss

by Andrew Rose October 25, 2024

Sir Arthur Bliss's first major success as a composer was for his early work "A Colour Symphony", written in the early 1920s. By the time he wrote h...

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ORMANDY The World's Greatest Music!

by Andrew Rose October 18, 2024

This week we are presenting a number of recordings of major works - two Bach Brandenburg Concertos, the Mozart 40th, the Beethoven 5th, Schubert’s ...

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CALLAS The classic 1954 Norma

by Andrew Rose October 11, 2024

"The musicianship of her Casta Diva leaves most of the versions I know as non-starters, the glissando passages in the cabaletta “Deh bello a me rit...

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TOSCANINI conducts Respighi

by Andrew Rose October 04, 2024

"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 go...

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BJÖRLING & NILSSON in Turandot

by Andrew Rose September 27, 2024

"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 thi...

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Unheard Schoenberg

by Andrew Rose September 20, 2024

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 ye...

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BUDAPEST QUARTET play Grieg and Sibelius

by Andrew Rose September 13, 2024

"The first recording of a major work often has a special place in the pantheon; and with regard to the Grieg G minor and Sibelius D Minor Quartets,...

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KNAPPERTSBUSCH conducts Bruckner

by Andrew Rose September 06, 2024

This week at Pristine we celebrate the 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner, born 4 September 1824, with three magnificent symphony recordings made in ...

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