Category: Award

“Sangam” nominated for 2022 ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

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NativeDSD nominates “Sangam” as World Music Album of the Year. Many thanks to Paul Livingstone, sitar and Pete Jacobson, cello for this magnificent performance, and to Yarlung executive producer Arian Jansen for making this possible. Sangam… Confluence: Music from Inside the Heart of The Raga available in multiple formats. Check out Taos Mountain Meditations, also from Paul and Pete (thanks to executive producer Lucile Grieder) as well! Yarlung Records

The Absolute Sound Super LP List 2020

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Jonathan Valin’s famous resource for vinyl lovers, the Super LP List in The Absolute Sound, honored Yarlung’s Janaki String Trio release on 45RPM vinyl from executive producer Elliot Midwood in 2016.  Jonathan praises this Janaki disc for its particularly natural sound.  Since 2016, the Super LP list has added these additional Yarlung titles: Ciaramella Dances from executive producer Elliot Midwood Antonio Lysy at The Broad: Music from Argentina Smoke & Mirrors percussion ensemble from executive producers David & Margie Barry Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet from executive producers Ann & Bill Harmsen Sasha Cooke’s If You Love For Beauty from executive producer Jim Mulally Thank you to the superb musicians, lacquer engineers and pressing plants who have made this success possible.  We appreciate it! –Bob Attiyeh, producer

“Lifeline” and “Yuko Mabuchi plays Miles Davis” win Album of the Year awards!

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NativeDSD does great work.  Founded by recording legend Jared Sacks and his son Jonas, NativeDSD provides the highest quality DSD downloads around the world.  And the golden-eared connoisseurs who judge the best albums in their categories every year know their music. It is therefore a huge honor that Yuko Mabuchi plays Miles Davis and Lifeline: Music of the Underground Railroad won best album of the year in their respective categories.  Congratulations to Yuko, Michelle, Del, Bobby, Quinton, Mike, JJ and Walter for such excellent performances, and sincere thanks to the jury at NativeDSD for choosing to recognize their work in such an important fashion.  Thank you to our generous sponsors and executive directors who made these albums possible.  These musical successes always take a strong team.  Kudos to Toyota North America, Stratton Petit Foundation, Randy & Linda Bellous, Craig & Diane Martin, Ann Mulally, Steven A. Block, Raulee Marcus, Leslie Continue Reading →

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City of Los Angeles honors “Yuko Mabuchi plays Miles Davis”

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The City of Los Angeles presented Yuko Mabuchi with commendation for her 2019 release Yuko Mabuchi plays Miles Davis, an album she recorded in the Brain and Creativity Institute’s Cammilleri Hall with JJ Kirkpatrick, trumpet; Del Atkins, bass and Bobby Breton on drums.  Tellingly, Albert Edmund Lord III presented this appreciation from the City of Los Angeles at the Catalina Jazz Club gala event supporting SAPPA, the after-school music education program in Watts where Yuko volunteers part of her time as the orchestra pianist and accompanist.  As Mr. Lord explained, Los Angeles appreciates Yuko’s interest in serving the community as much as it appreciates her meteoric abilities as a concert performer and recording artist.  The text of the commendation reads: Congratulations on the release of your album “Yuko Mabuchi plays Miles Davis”.  Your passion and mission to ensure that influential and significant music and artists continue to live on in Continue Reading →

Commendation from City of Los Angeles

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Yuko Mabuchi Trio performed for the 25th Anniversary gala and awards ceremony for the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society on December 2nd, 2018.  Michael Fremer won the Founder’s Award and a similar recognition from Los Angeles, Ray Kimber won the President’s Award, Don Was earned the society’s first Audiophile of the Year Award and the City of Los Angeles recognized Yarlung Records and Yarlung Artists for the important work our board, executive producers, volunteers and staff do for musicians and composers around the world. Albert Edmund Lord III presented this award to the Yarlung team for Mr. Herb J. Wesson Jr., president of the Los Angeles City Council. Gratefully receiving the award on behalf of the Yarlung family that makes this work possible, including Yarlung musicians, composers, board members, donors and executive producers were Yuko Mabuchi, Special Advisor Billy Mitchell, Yarlung board president Aaron Egigian and executive director Continue Reading →

Brian Moura awards Yuko Mabuchi Trio ‘PFO Writer’s Choice’

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Every year, PFO gives a few cherished Writer’s Awards for albums, audio equipment or presentations that particularly move PFO’s senior staff. This year, Brian Moura selected Yuko Mabuchi Trio’s NativeDSD release executive produced by Claude Cellier at Merging Technologies to receive one of these coveted prizes.  Engineers Arian Jansen and Bob Attiyeh recorded stereo and our friend Tom Caulfield recorded surround sound. Many thanks to Brian Moura for his award description: Yuko Mabuchi Trio (Yarlung YAR80161DSD) In 2014 one of my Writer’s Choice Awards went to Bob Attiyeh for his contribution to the recording arts and giving new artists a state-of-the-art platform to launch their careers. It seems fitting that in 2018 I return to Bob’s stellar work at Yarlung for another award. The Yuko Mabuchi Trio features talented pianist Yuko Mabuchi along with jazz veterans Bobby Breton on drums and Del Atkins on bass. In their self-titled debut album Continue Reading →

Myles Astor awards audio tape album Nostos PFO Writer’s Award!

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Myles Astor from Audio Nirvana gives the analog tape album Nostos Tes Mousikes his prestigious PFO Writer’s Award! 15-ips reel-to-reel Tape (new) of Nostos, Tes Mousikes (The Homecoming of Music), Cal. State Fullerton Singers, Robert Istad (music director), Yarlung Records $500 (three reels)  Undertaking a choral recording is no easy task. For instance, the hall’s acoustics can make or break the recording not to mention having to carefully balance the direct vs. reflected sound. With that in mind Bob Attiyeh (of Yarlung Records) set out to find just the right venue to record Nostos, and in the end chose the recently finished Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal. State Northridge. (Nostos was also the premiere recording at this new hall.) Fans of the old Decca/Argo choral recording will love this new Yarlung recording. Nostos features the likes of Howell’s Requiem, Brahms’ Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz (Psalm 51), Martynov’s Zapovedi Continue Reading →

Sibelius Trio Earns Latin Grammy Nomination

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Bravo Diego and Sibelius Piano Trio! Para su consideración: Composición Clásica Contemporánea (Sibelius Piano Trio: “Nene”, de Diego Schissi) For your consideration: Contemporary Classical Composition (Sibelius Piano Trio: Nene, by Diego Schissi) El maestro argentino de jazz y tango Diego Schissi compuso “Nene” para Sibelius Piano Trio, que fue lanzado por Yarlung el año pasado con éxito crítico. Argentine jazz and tango master Diego Schissi wrote Nene for Sibelius Piano Trio, which Yarlung released last year to critical acclaim. Selecciones varias de “Nene” Folleto informativo “Nene”; descarga completa de alta calidad de audio de CD ¡Gracias, y que lo disfruten! Nene Music Samples Album booklet Complete CD Quality Download: Nene, by Diego Schissi Thank you! Enjoy! Nene was commissioned by Yarlung Artists Coretet, Yarlung’s new music commissioning organization directed by Donna Morton, with underwriting from Leslie Lassiter, Raulee Marcus and Stephen A. Block.Thank you! YouTube

Dr. David W. Robinson awards a 2016 Brutus Award to Yarlung Records

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The Great Dr. David W. Robinson awards a 2016 Brutus Award to Yarlung Records, with special mention of Yarlung’s analog tape releases and “James Matheson” on DSD: I can’t complete this set of Brutus Awards without a special tip o’ my hat to Bob Attiyeh and Yarlung Records. His production values and remarkable recordings in classic 15 IPS half-track analog tape on a fabulous SonoruS RTR recorder, and then transferred to Quad DSD via a Merging Technologies Hapi Quad DSD ADC and available on the NativeDSD.com site, have been a wonderful treat for me for the past several years. Bob has a lovely sensibility for the music, energized by an inspiring passion for both fine classical and jazz recordings. This year has seen more brilliant work from Bob, all of which can be accessed at his store on NativeDSD.com. Bob, this one’s for you! A Brutus Award for the Matheson Continue Reading →

Yarlung Records: An Audiophile Label With a Greater Purpose

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by Bob Attiyeh and posted on The Absolute Sound, April 15, 2016. The Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society, the world’s largest such organization with nearly 2000 members, honored at their annual Gala dinner and awards ceremony in December 2015, Yarlung Records founder Bob Attiyeh with its Humanitarian Award. Yarlung Records is a nonprofit organization that provides recording opportunities to up-and-coming artists. Many illustrious careers have been jump-started by exposure from Yarlung recordings. The recordings, which span a wide range of musical genres, are made to the highest audiophile standards, with many releases issued on vinyl including 45rpm discs. Upon hearing Bob Attiyeh’s acceptance speech at the LA&OC awards ceremony, I was struck by the tremendous contribution Bob Attiyeh and Yarlung Records is making in support of music and young musicians. I asked him to send to me his speech so that TAS can share with its readers the Continue Reading →