Colin Eatock: Choral and Orchestral Music
This is my second CD on the Centrediscs label, released in May 2023. Colin Eatock: Choral and Orchestral Music (CMCCD 31023) contains works for chamber orchestra and also chamber choir.
The chamber orchestra recordings were performed by Sinfonia Toronto, under the baton of Nurhan Arman; and the chamber choir that recorded for this disc was Soundstreams’ Choir 21, David Fallis conducting.
For all works on this disc, the recording and editing engineer was Robert DiVito. All recordings for this CD were made at Humbercrest United Church, in Toronto, in 2021 and 2022.
Works on the CD:
Ashes of Soldiers (2010-2012), arranged for soprano, clarinet and chamber orchestra
The Lord Is Risen! (2021), for choir and trumpet
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998), for choir
Cast Off All Doubtful Care (1012), for choir
Three Poems by Amy Lowell (2018), for choir
Three Psalms (2018), for choir
Benedictus es: Alleluia (2018), for choir
Two Poems by Walt Whitman (2017), for choir
Out Of My Deeper Heart (2015), for choir and cello
Sinfonietta (1999), for chamber orchestra
Reviews of Colin Eatock: Choral and Orchestral Music
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The chamber orchestra recordings were performed by Sinfonia Toronto, under the baton of Nurhan Arman; and the chamber choir that recorded for this disc was Soundstreams’ Choir 21, David Fallis conducting.
For all works on this disc, the recording and editing engineer was Robert DiVito. All recordings for this CD were made at Humbercrest United Church, in Toronto, in 2021 and 2022.
Works on the CD:
Ashes of Soldiers (2010-2012), arranged for soprano, clarinet and chamber orchestra
The Lord Is Risen! (2021), for choir and trumpet
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (1998), for choir
Cast Off All Doubtful Care (1012), for choir
Three Poems by Amy Lowell (2018), for choir
Three Psalms (2018), for choir
Benedictus es: Alleluia (2018), for choir
Two Poems by Walt Whitman (2017), for choir
Out Of My Deeper Heart (2015), for choir and cello
Sinfonietta (1999), for chamber orchestra
Reviews of Colin Eatock: Choral and Orchestral Music
- There’s an appealing complexity to Eatock’s choral writing. (CBC Radio)
- His music is tonal, graceful, and romantic. The choral works—both sacred and secular—are serious, well-formed, and rather English in sound. He is consistently sensitive to the color and emotional qualities of his texts. (American Record Guide)
- The final piece on the disc is a three movement Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra. It’s quite short; 15 minutes or so, but I really enjoyed it. The first movement is melodically and rhythmically interesting with lots of energy and some unexpected twists. The, longer, second movement is slow, lyrical and quite mysterious and things wrap up with an enjoyable, boisterous rondo which is colourful and fun. It’s nicely played by Sinfonia Toronto conducted by Nurhan Arman. (Operaramblings blog)
- Whitman’s Ashes of Soldiers is an expansion of a work that also appeared in Eatock’s previous chamber music disc, heard here in a setting for string orchestra and harp with an extended instrumental introduction featuring a beautifully played introspective clarinet solo by Kornel Wolak, followed by soprano Lynn Anoush Isnar’s sensitive interpretation of the text. (Wholenote magazine)
- One will not want to miss the breadth and depth of music Eatock thoughtfully imparts in this album. (Dynamic newsletter, Choirs Ontario)
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To stream this CD on Apple Music, click here.
To stream this CD on Idagio, click here.
To download this CD from Presto Music, click here.
To download this CD from Bandcamp, click here.
To buy a physical CD (round, shiny, with a hole in the centre), click here.
