The First DSD Audiobook!
The Wind In The Willows is a classic children’s story written by Kenneth Grahame. On this DSD album, the book is read in its entirety by Yarlung’s Bob Attiyeh. The audiobook (spoken word) lasts over 5 hours. It was recorded in Stereo DSD 256 and is being released by NativeDSD in Pure DSD. Due to the length of the recording, this will be a DSD Download with exceptionally large files (the Stereo DSD 256 edition of the album is 51.4 GB in size).
NativeDSD hopes that you will enjoy listening to this first-ever DSD audiobook recording!
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The Wind in the Willows
Reading, hearing, and rereading Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows has been a principal joy for me since my mother first read this book to me when I was four years old. We still have that hardcover edition. I was the same age as Kenneth Grahame’s son when his father first created Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad, and told him these bedtime stories. I dedicate this audio book to my sweet mother, Linda, who introduced her children to great literature, including Wind in the Willows.
Kenneth Grahame first published Wind in the Willows in 1908. Our world looked very different in 1908. Argentina opened Teatro Colon in that year, the “finest opera house in the world,” to which Caruso, and later Callas would travel during the “summer season.” World War I was not yet on the horizon, or barely. We nostalgically portray the Edwardian period romantically. And indeed, Grahame captures this golden age of long summer afternoons and garden parties among the scenes and seasons of his precious novel. (keep reading in the booklet..)
Yarlung recorded this book in the Arian Jansen studio, using the Hapi by Merging Technologies, and Pyramix software recording in DSD 256.
This is overkill for sure, for an audio book. Toad would have been proud of me. I thank my friend Mike Rosell for the album cover and artwork. Rosell pays homage to the great characters depicted by Ernest H. Shepard in the 1931 edition of the book published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. Mike too grew up with Mole and Ratty and Toad. He joins me in saluting them.
— Bob Attiyeh, Narrator & Producer, Yarlung Artists
Tracklist
Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.Total time: 05:22:04
Additional information
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| SKU | YAR84162DSD |
| Qualities | DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
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| Analog to Digital Converter | Hapi, Merging Technologies at DSD 256 |
| Executive Producer | Mike Rosell |
| Narrator | Bob Attiyeh |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Producer | Bob Attiyeh |
| Recording Engineer | Cliff Harris |
| Recording Location | Recorded Live to Stereo DSD 256 in the Arian Jansen Studio on August 4-18, 2021 |
| Recording Software | Pyramix, Merging Technologies |
| Release Date | January 21, 2022 |
Press reviews
Positive Feedback
What a wonderful, over-the-top, project. Yes, Toad would be proud.
I grew up with The Wind in the Willows and now have the perfect way to share it with my grandchildren, ages 7 and 9. They’ve listened thus far to Bob Attiyeh’s delightful reading of Chapter 1: The River Bank and Chapter 2: The Open Road. And they can’t wait for more.
Recorded very simply to DSD 256, Bob’s quiet articulate voice takes us on the marvelous adventures created by Kenneth Grahame in the 1908 first publication of these stories. Bob’s narration is simple and direct, without any effort to emulate voices made up for the characters—no, he just reads the story with nice pacing and good inflection, pausing appropriately for dramatic effect. But otherwise, no hyperbolic shenanigans. Thank you, Bob!
And thus brought to life are the characters we’ve known for so many years: Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad.
Nicely done, Bob Attiyeh. Thank you for this gift.
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What a wonderful, over-the-top, project. Yes, Toad would be proud. I grew up with The Wind in the Willows and now have the perfect way to share it with my grandchildren. They’ve listened thus far to Bob’s delightful reading of The River Bank and The Open Road and can’t wait for more. I’m doling it out in short listening sessions, just as I got to know it.
Rushton Paul
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