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Is this CD what it appears? No - it's one of over 100 fakes, concocted in what is the most amazing musical fraud ever perpetrated.
In February 2007, Pristine Audio, in conjunction with Gramophone magazine, unearthed something quite unprecedented in the world of classical music. Here we present our findings:
Pristine Classical is the biggest historical music download site on the Internet. There are hundreds of recordings to choose from, all with substantial full-quality audio previews. Download CD covers and choose between high quality MP3 files or lossless FLAC files for true CD-quality downloads - or order a CD, sent direct by priority airmail.
Latest historic Classical releases from Pristine Audio
Four rare and unissued 20th Century recordings by the hugely promising Cantelli
A remarkable XR restoration to surpass the sound quality of all previous releases
Another superb recording from this unjustly forgotten Italian Trio - essential!
There are hundreds of historic Classical music recordings on the Pristine Audio label, and they're all here. Pristine Audio has pioneered revolutionary new restoration techniques, which can be heard to fullest effect on our critically-acclaimed XR- remastered recordings.
Latest historic Jazz & Blues releases from Pristine Audio
Superb individualistic early Blues and an incredibly challenging remastering job
Debut of a new system for remastering early jazz recordings - sounds amazing!
Ellington's amazing breakthrough concert
in truly stunning XR-remastered sound!
Pristine Audio began experimenting with its XR-remastering system for Jazz and Blues recordings in 2007 and since then has started to build up a new catalogue of classic recordings in both genres, which have proved hugely popular and - in some quarters - controversial. Hear the greats as you've never heard them before!
"For historic material of this nature...a great achievement" Thus wrote Henry Fogel in Fanfare Magazine of Pristine Audio's XR-Remastered recordings from the Music and Arts back-catalogue. More collaborations between these two labels are underway - you'll hear them first at Pristine Classical!
A rare recording of the sparkling ballet music from Le Cid
This superb trio bring their unique magic to Beethoven
Frugoni's on fire in three excellent Beethoven sonatas
Beautifully sung Spanish magic from Lola Rodriquez de Aragon
Each week we convert more of our uncompressed master files into FLAC downloads - already all our Music and Arts releases can be downloaded in this format, as well as all our new releases. With FLAC playback you get exactly bit-perfect copies of our recordings, with no possible degradation of sound through file compression.
Go Green with FLAC downloads at Pristine Classical
Pristine Classical is busy re-encoding all our downloads into the lossless FLAC format - we urge you to support this initiative in preference to buying CDs:
Zeroair miles - reduce your carbon footprint
Zero packaging - no cardboard or plastic padding
Zero plastics in manufacturing - digital files don't need it!
100% Quality - directly from our uncompressed master files
100% Compatible - FLAC isn't tied to any manufacturer
Value for money - priced by duration, so you don't buy "filler"
Immediate download - listen right away!
FLAC is an open source, lossless compression format for audio files. When you buy a CD you're buying a piece of software data encoded on a disc - when you buy a FLAC you get exactly the same piece of software data!
Playback: Many software and hardware players already support FLAC as a native format. For other devices, simply convert the FLAC into the format of your choice - WAV or AIFF files that are bit-identical to our original masters will burn straight to CD-R, or you can compress FLAC to MP3 or AAC for your iPod or MP3 player.
FLAC has no DRM - make as many copies as you like. As long as you maintain your data it will last forever. Every copy (unless lossy-compressed) will be identical to your original download so there's never any degradation in sound quality. It's the favourite lossless format with audiophiles!
Over 300 Historic recordings are now exclusively available for listening and free MP3 download to subscribers to PADA Exclusives, our €1/week streamed audio service.
Other subscription offers give you full access to our entire online catalogue
New additions this week:
Mozart - Piano Quartet in G minor, K478 (rec. 1934) Artur Schnabel, piano
with members of the
Pro Arte Quartet
Available in two alternatve transfers, both remastered by
Dr John Duffy.
In association with
magazine, Pristine Classical is delighted to announce the start of a major project to transfer and remaster all of the recordings issued by the National Gramophonic Society.
This major body of recordings began as a subscription service in 1923, established alongside The Gramophone magazine, and issued 165 discs until its demise in 1931.
This is a largely untapped collection of rare world première recordings, and is one of the most important bodies of historic recordings of its era.
Save money when you buy several downloads together by using the following discount codes in the shopping cart:
Buy 5 or more - save 10%: Code: 85187052
Buy 10 or more - save 20%: Code: 12W07104
How To Use: Once you've made your selections, copy the correct code into the space marked Discount or Coupon Code in your shopping cart, then click the Update Cart button to apply the discount before heading to the checkout.
N.B. These discounts apply to all our FLAC and MP3 downloads only.
Gramophone
Essential Download Playlist No. 9: A Historic Banquet
"...remastered to a very high quality...a wealth of fantastic performances from the past...
...tremendous music-making..." Gramophone, Sept. 2007
Pristine Classical is busy re-encoding all our downloads into the lossless FLAC format - we urge you to support this initiative in preference to buying CDs:
