When it is dark, light must shine. Listening to this album will take you into the light, being guided by the human and versatile voices of our instruments. The inner strength of this CD is the progression from minor to major. With our instruments we speak about contrasts between loss and comfort, captivity and freedom, injustice and honesty, sarcasm and humor, drama, and love.
…Into the Light
Sasha Witteveen, Jorian van Nee & Jose David Ospina Gaviria
About the album
Tracklist
Dmitri Smirnov
...Into the Light, Op. 19312:58
Xavier Dubois Foley
The Falling Seagull8:19
Sergei Rachmaninoff(arr. Gjorgji Cincievski)
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1, Elegy6:46
David Anderson
Seven Double Bass Duets
No. 1, Kibbles & Kibitz1:36
No. 2, Parade of the Politically Prudent Pigs2:04
No. 3, Rush Hour1:14
No. 4, Schgweik Fahrt1:14
No. 5, Lament2:40
No. 6, Blew Cheeze1:51
No. 7, Gustav's 11 O'clock Dance2:08
Giovanni Bottesini
Variations on a Theme of Paisiello6:14
Total playing time47:04
“Double bass talent Sasha Witteveen (2003) has made an original and utterly convincing debut album. The title piece "Into the Light" is a sprawling journey from chaos to light by Dmitri Smirnov. The highlight is Xavier Dubois Foley's frenzied folk-virtuoso solo "The Falling Seagull", in which Witteveen's bass dances and sings.”
“Her playing is deeply personal, emotionally intense, technically brilliant. [...] The sound quality of this album is quintessentially TRPTK excellence—what we have come to look forward to with each new TRPTK release.”
“The Sonata is the first and most profound composition on the CD performed amazingly well, with great understanding and genuine lyricism. In all other works Sasha also has shown herself as a brilliant virtuoso and thoughtful musician.”
“To my demanding ears, Sacha is one of those gifted women who qualify for classical solo pieces, playing with little or no vibrato in her musically driven performances. [...] Opulent perfectionism and well-judged glissandos define her virtuoso non-accompanied solo style in what I consider to be the best part of her debut SACD: ‘The Falling Seagull’.”
Credits
| Producer, recording & mastering engineer | Brendon Heinst |
| Editor | Hans Erblich |
| Cover photography | Marc Mildner |
| Artwork | Brendon Heinst |
| Liner notes | Sasha Witteveen |
| Genre | ClassicalRomanticContemporary |
| Instrumentation | SoloChamber |
| Recording date | October 2023 |
| Recording location | Studio 150 Bethlehemkerk, Amsterdam (NL) |
| Recording format | DSD 11.2 MHz 1 bit |
| Mastering format | PCM 352.8 kHz 64 bit |
| Release date | May 24, 2024 |
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Technical specifications
| Microphones | Josephson Engineering C617 w/ Microtech Gefell MK221 capsulesJosephson Engineering C42Ehrlund EHR-M |
| Microphone preamplifiers | Grace Design m801mk2 |
| AD/DA conversion | Merging Technologies Hapi MkIIMerging Technologies AnubisGrimm Audio CC2 master clock |
| Loudspeakers | Grimm Audio LS1beGrimm Audio SB1Genelec 8030CW |
| Headphones | Audeze LCD-X |
| Cabling | Purecable Optimus microphone cablesPurecable Optimus power cablesGrimm Audio TPR microphone cablesGrimm Audio TPR8 breakout cables |
| Misc. | Pura Power Supplies the DodoPura Power Supplies the SauropodaPura Power Supplies the NautilusComputer Audio Design GC3 |