Author: Bob Attiyeh

Yarlung Records’ producer Bob Attiyeh gives his personal insight and story behind the making of new album Takács Assad Labro. Dear Friends, It isn’t every day one has the privilege of working with Takács Quartet, arguably one of the most important string quartets in the world.  It happened by chance and there’s a fun story.  […]

A Work that Holds a Special Place Bartok’s “Concerto for Orchestra” has long been one of my favorite symphonic compositions. I like the music, the story behind the commission, and the many extraordinary recordings available of this remarkable work. Live performances that stick happily in my memory include several with Esa-Pekka Salonen and one conducted […]

To our dear NativeDSD family members, Best wishes to you and may this be as safe and peaceful a summer as possible.  I am blessed to spend my working days in music.  Spending time with talented musicians and listening to the magical results they create for us serves as a helpful antidote to the many […]

Dear Friends, Sacred Trance Music from Taos Mountain” invites us into the magical world of Habib Chishti, Sufi master and singer.  Habib, (Patrick Arthur Lee) was born into a Jewish and Catholic home.  He lived primarily in Taos, New Mexico, from 13 years of age.  When one meets Habib today, one sees a huggable bear […]

All Things Common celebrates choral music by Tarik O’Regan recorded in the British composer’s new home state of California. Tarik and family moved to the United States a few weeks before our recording sessions. They are happily ensconced in San Francisco, weathering the Covid-19 lockdown with perseverance and a healthy British sense of humor and […]

It is such fun to announce the completion of Yuko Mabuchi plays Miles Davis. Tom Caulfield completed the DSD mastering for you in the past few days, and we’re grateful to release this recording ahead of schedule. Yuko is thriving, with important recent and upcoming concerts at Segerstrom Center for the Arts this past January, […]

Korean organ virtuoso Jung-A Lee and I conceived this recording as a gift to welcome Simon Woods to Los Angeles. Simon serves as our new CEO at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Yarlung has enjoyed a long and successful friendship with this orchestra, and with the support of our friend Deborah Borda, recorded five albums with […]

Yarlung Records’ producer Bob Attiyeh warms you up for their new DSD Release “Ciaramella – Dances On Movable Ground“ Dear friends, George Klissarov generously sponsored Yarlung’s first DSD releases. His Canadian company, exaSound, makes superb DACs that many of us in the NativeDSD community know and love. They vary from compact units that connect via […]

After Antonio Lysy won Yarlung’s first GRAMMY® Award for Music from Argentina and Te Amo, Argentina (both available on NativeDSD) we have looked forward to collaborating again, especially to include a Swiss recording of the Kodaly Duo with Antonio’s father the eminent Argentine violinist Alberto Lysy. Kudos and thanks to Claude Cellier at Merging Technologies, our executive producer who made […]

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and to those of us who operate on the Gregorian calendar, Happy upcoming New Year! Today’s new release from Yarlung Records called ‘Nostos’ is not exclusively Christmas music , but it is a sacred program of acapella choral music from the Western tradition. My friend Robert Istad conducts the Cal State Fullerton […]

Working with Yuko Mabuchi (piano), Del Atkins (bass) and Bobby Breton (drums) in an intimate concert hall with acoustics friendly to jazz, remains one of the highlights of our year at Yarlung Records. NativeDSD mastering engineer (and Yarlung recording engineer) Tom Caulfield joined us to capture 5.0 surround sound, and Arian Jansen and I recorded […]

This is a recording of many firsts for Yarlung. This was our first Matheson recording, our first experience working at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and thanks to Yarlung recording engineers Arian Jansen and Tom Caulfield, our first recordings in SonoruS Holographic Imaging and 5-channel surround sound as well. Stereo Assistant Producer Jacob Horowitz and […]