New for January

New from iTunes

Many music lovers miss the sound from vinyl pressings. Many others have yet to discover how pleasant the sound can be. Most of our albums are mastered from vinyl LP pressings and earlier recordings (before 1953) from 78 rpm discs. It is our ability to recreate, in the digital age, the sound from the disc era that many of our customers find most enjoyable.

Unlike modern digital recordings tracks in our albums do contain some distortion, and the occasional surface noises, but for many listeners these "defects" are soon forgotten.

"Eine kleine Nachtmusik receives a stylish performance and the recording, though released at much the same time as the Handel, sounds a great deal better. The two Mendelssohn items were first released in the UK on mono MMA11048 and, though the Scottish symphony already had a string of distinguished competitors, William Mann thought it only a little short of the best. I enjoyed hearing this performance. My touchstone is always the transition from the main body of the finale to the coda: the gear change here is a little abrupt but not unduly so. The recording has held up well in this transfer –by comparison with recent offerings such as Gardner on Chandos  extreme treble and bass are somewhat prominent at the expense of middle frequencies. In 1959 listeners had to turn over for the finale, the new transfer makes this unnecessary. " Brian Wilson at Music Web International

New from Beulah Extra

Beulah Extra downloads are high quality 320kb/s MP3 files. They are not grouped into albums. You can buy any combination of movements or works that you wish.

Overture Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Overture Act 1 Scene 1 (includes Dance Duet) Act 1 Scene 2 Act 1 Scene 3 Act 1 Scene 3
Act 2 Scene 1 Act 2 Scene 2
Act 3 Scene 1 Act 3 Scene 2 Act 3 Scene 3 Act 3 Scene 4 Act 3 Scene 5

What the critics say

Here are some recent reviews by Brian Wilson at Music Web International

"Fans of Rubinstein’s masterly Chopin are well served by Beulah this month, with two Beulah Extra tracks: Ballade No.1 in g minor, Op.23 (6BX73) and Scherzo No.1 in B, Op.20 (7BX73), recorded in stereo in 1958" Brian Wilson at Music Web International