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Composer

Anonymous,
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Beethoven, Ludvig Van
Bizet, Georges
Coates, Douglas
Gaubert, Philippe
Goossens, Eugene
Goss, John
Gounod, Charles-Francois
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero
Mendelssohn, Felix
Milhaud, Darius
Moeran, Ernest John
Moore, Gerald
Purcell,
Robinson, Stanford
Sibelius, Jean
Warlock, Peter

Artist

Amfitheatrof, Massimo
announcer, unknown
Armstrong, John
Autori, Fernando
Badura-Skoda, Paul
Baillie, Isobel
Barbirolli, Sir John
BBC Chorus,
BBC National Chorus,
BBC National Orchestra,
BBC Northern Orchestra,
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Bernadet, Andree
Bernard, Anthony
Blyth, May
Bosini, Gemma
Boult, Sir Adrian
British National Opera Chorus,
British National Opera Orchestra,
Buesst, Aylmer
Campoli, Alfredo
Cathedral Male Voice Quartet,
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan,
Chorus of the Opera-Comique, Paris,
Cohen, Elie
Cope, Cecil
Dawson, Peter
Delecluse, Ulysse
Draper, Paul
Eskdale, George
Evans, Nancy
Finnish National Orchestra,
Foss, Hubert
Garrone, Nella
Goehr, Walter
Goossens, Leon
Goss, John
Griffen, Eric
Griffiths, Justine
Groves, Charles
Guenot, Louis
Haas-Hamburger, Annette
Hallé,
Henderson, Roy
Heward, Leslie
International String Quartet,
Jones, Parry
Kajanus, Robert
Kell, Reginald
Lambert, Constant
Licete, Miriam
Licette, Miriam
Limonta, Napoleone
London Chamber Orchestra,
London Symphony Orchestra,
LOrchestre Symphonique de Paris,
Magaloff, Nikita
Mascagni, Pietro
Master Neeley, Billy
Mathyl, Teo
Miss Sanders,
Monteux, Pierre
Moore, Gerald
Mullings, Frank
Nash, Heddle
Natzke, Oscar
Nespoulous, Marthe
NGS Chamber Orchestra,
Nielsen, Flora
Noble, Dennis
Pacini, Adolfo
Parry, Marjorie
Pears, Peter
Pelliccia, Arrigo
Perrenin, Jacques
Pini, Anthony
Pougnet, Jean
Poulton, Diana
Purvis, Tom
Riddle, Frederick
Romagnoli, Giuliano
Roussel, Robert
Sabajno, Carlo
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,
Santoliquido, Ornella Puliti
Sauer, Colin
Schneevoigt, Georg
Serena, Clara
Soames, Rene
Swoboda, Henry
Szigeti, Joseph
The Constant Lambert String Orchestra,
The English Singers,
The Festival Singers,
The Griller String Quartet,
The Pasquier Trio,
The Roth Quartet,
Thill, Georges
Tovey, Donald
Trio Santoliquido,
Truro County Girl's School Choir,
Vavon, Andree
Vienna Symphony Orchestra,
Visconti, Raymonde
Williams, Harold
Wireless Singers,
Wood, Ann
Woodgate, Lesley

Genre

Baroque
Chamber
Choir
Contemporary
Historic
Opera In English
Orchestral & Concertos

Divine Art founder Stephen Sutton has from the age of 14 been a collector of vintage recordings, though the "78" was obsolete well before then. The passion began with his parents' small collection and, in 1968, with a gift of two edited highlights sets of Gilbert & Sullivan. The collection has now grown to over 12,000 discs. A long held ambition, once digital sound restoration software became affordable, was to start a series of historic recording re-issues, and by pure coincidence, in early 2005, Stephen was contacted by Andrew Rose, an ex-BBC engineer who had relocated to France and was setting up his company Pristine Audio, with the aim of providing the best possible audio restorations . Andrew was looking for a home for some existing projects and so the Divine Art "historic Sound" label was born.

Two years later there have only been 9 releases - partly because of the enormous demands which running their respective companies have placed on Andrew and Stephen, but also because this label also shares the Divine Art ethos: to produce recordings which are not only of the highest possible quality but also of rare or unusual repertoire. Simply releasing multitudes of CDs with recordings already familiar is not an option, though this may occur when our restoration is of such a quality that it far surpasses previous offerings. We believe this will happen with the introduction of Pristine Audio's revolutionary new "XR" technique.

Praise from critics and customers has flowed in for every CD. The issue of the 1930 "Elijah" saw an award for "Best Choral CD of 2005" from Classic Record Collector Magazine and in 2006 the CD of Coates and Moeran Violin Concertos was a runner-up in the Concerto category.