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Producer?s Notes It is with great pleasure that Yarlung Records presents David Fung?s second album, Evening Conversations, which we recorded on March 27th, 28th and 29th, 2006, in Zipper Hall in Los Angeles. We received many compliments on the sound for David?s first album, A Journey from Hubris to Humility. For that recording we used the legendary C-24 stereo microphone, and made full use of the warm ambience of the hall and the natural decay in this wonderful acoustic space. For Evening Conversations, however, we chose two Neumann U-47 tube microphones, and used a more intimate perspective for the microphone setup. In contrast to the mid-hall perspective we wanted for David?s first album, this is more intimate music, and we wanted the sound to complement this more introspective repertoire. As before, we recorded directly to two tracks through our specially-modified tube microphone preamplifiers and custom cables. We recorded analog tape, as well as high definition 24-bit PCM digital media at 176,400 samples per second. I hope you enjoy these performances and the sound. One of Yarlung Records? missions is to record and support young international-caliber artists at this stage in their concert careers. Happily, this mission is working. I understand that Sir Brian McMaster heard David?s first album, and based on that representation of David?s talent, hired him for his debut this summer in Queen?s Hall at the venerated Edinburgh International Festival. Thank you Brian, and thank you David for giving us so much to celebrate. David and I are already discussing a possible third album. At the time of this pressing, David is on concert tour in Spain, France, The Netherlands and Ireland. It is a pleasure to work with an artist like David, whose musical interpretations are always rich and fresh without being eccentric, and always completely sincere. Bob Attiyeh, producer