Pristine Audio
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Pristine Audio was founded in 2002 by Andrew Rose, then a BBC Radio
sound engineer, as an audio transfer and restoration business.
Following its relocation from the United Kingdom
to France
in 2004, the company began to concentrate on the restoration and remastering of historic classical music
recordings. In February 2005 Pristine Audio Direct was launched online, later to become PristineClassical.com, offering downloads of classical music both from Pristine's own remastered recordings and from other record companies.
Pristine Audio came to unexpected global attention during the Joyce Hatto
scandal in February 2007, after being asked to investigate and verify suspected fraudulent Hatto recordings by Gramophone magazine.
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
sound engineer, as an audio transfer and restoration business.
Following its relocation from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 2004, the company began to concentrate on the restoration and remastering of historic classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
recordings. In February 2005 Pristine Audio Direct was launched online, later to become PristineClassical.com, offering downloads of classical music both from Pristine's own remastered recordings and from other record companies.
Pristine Audio came to unexpected global attention during the Joyce Hatto
Joyce Hatto
Joyce Hatto was a British pianist and piano teacher. She became famous late in life, when unauthorised copies of commercial recordings made by other pianists were released under her name, earning her high praise from critics. The fraud did not come to light until a few months after her...
scandal in February 2007, after being asked to investigate and verify suspected fraudulent Hatto recordings by Gramophone magazine.