Sasha Witteveen, Jorian van Nee & Jose David Ospina Gaviria

…Into the Light

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.

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About the album

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.

Tracklist click to play/pause

  • Dmitri Smirnov

    ...Into the Light, Op. 193

    12:58 Play button Pause button 12:58
  • Xavier Dubois Foley

    The Falling Seagull

    8:19 Play button Pause button 8:19
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. Gjorgji Cincievski)

    Elegy, Op. 3 No. 1

    6:46 Play button Pause button 6:46
  • David Anderson

    Seven Double Bass Duets

    1. I. Kibbles & Kibitz
      1:36 Play button Pause button 1:36
    2. II. Parade of the Politically Prudent Pigs
      2:04 Play button Pause button 2:04
    3. III. Rush Hour
      1:14 Play button Pause button 1:14
    4. IV. Schgweik Fahrt
      1:14 Play button Pause button 1:14
    5. V. Lament
      2:40 Play button Pause button 2:40
    6. VI. Blew Cheeze
      1:51 Play button Pause button 1:51
    7. VII. Gustav's 11 O'clock Dance
      2:08 Play button Pause button 2:08
  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Variations on Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento

    6:14 Play button Pause button 6:14

More information

Label TRPTK
Genre(s) Classical – Classical (1750-1830)
Classical – Romantic (1830-1920)
Classical – Contemporary (> 1920)
Artist(s) Jorian van Nee
Jose David Ospina Gaviria
Sasha Witteveen
Composer(s) Anderson, David
Bottesini, Giovanni
Cincievski, Gjorgji
Foley, Xavier Dubois
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Smirnov, Dmitri
Recording location(s) Studio 150 Bethlehemkerk, Amsterdam (NL)
Recording date(s) October 2023
Cat. No.

TTK 0121

Release date

May 24th, 2024

Additional links

Download Booklet(PDF)

Tech specs

Microphones

Josephson C617 w/ Gefell MK221 capsules (main)
Josephson C42 (height)
Ehrlund EHR-M (double bass, piano)

Microphone preamps

Grace Design m801mk2

AD/DA conversion

Merging Technologies Hapi MkII
Merging Technologies Anubis
Grimm Audio CC2

Recording resolution

DSD 11.2MHz 1bit

Mastering resolution

PCM 352.8kHz 64bit

Monitoring (recording)

Audeze LCD-X

Monitoring (mastering)

Grimm Audio LS1be
Grimm Audio SB1

Cabling

Purecable Optimus Link Microphone Cables
Purecable Optimus Power
Purecable Prime DIG75 Wordclock Cable

"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’."

Adrian Quanjer, HRAudio

"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."

Rushton Paul, Positive Feedback

"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."

Joep Stapel, NRC

"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."

Elena Firsova, composer

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