ALBUM PRESENTATION
September 28, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

...The record holds us captive as if we were gazing on something awesome like a world, but viewed from outside its gravitational pull. So that we can see its every peak and valley and how each becomes the next. Eisenga has crafted a record as spacious as the cosmos....

....a universe stuffed with wonders..... 

....the compositions glitter with a lyricism many vocalists cannot manage. As if Eisenga is playing with light as well as melody. Weaving the two about each other like threads of sound and aether.....  

...For Mattia can be seen as a culmination and crystallization of the personal style the Dutch composer...

...as haunting as ever as it advances through its plaintive melodies and lilting rhythms. Lower-register figures provide a firm foundation for gently trilling themes to assert themselves, the material subtly growing in urgency and tension and the merging of right and left hands producing as mesmerizing a dedication as could be imagined....

Douwe Eisenga has spent most of his life as a musician composing music for others,  but “For Mattia” featuring his own compositions marks his debut as a recording artist.  The music reminds one of Glass or even Arvo Part in that simple melodies and a certain amount of repetition can evoke a huge amount of feelings.  I listen to this music at night, with the lights dimmed— and I remember things.  And I imagine things.  And I feel things.

...Now there is a beautifully designed album with nine recent piano pieces, including For Mattia, in that characteristic, compelling Eisenga style that leaves virtually no one untouched...

....It is a moody and rhythmic composition with repeated motifs that are reminiscent of Keith Jarrett.... 

,,,,fascinating.....you just keep listening to the whole piece.