Pacific Chorale’s new album All Things Common remains a bright success story in 2020. Music Director Rob Istad conducts Pacific Chorale and Salastina Ensemble in a glorious cross-section of composer Tarik O’Regan’s choral masterpieces written over the past two decades. CD executive producer Lenora Meister also commissioned Facing West, for which the ink was barely dry by the time of our concert and recording session. Arian Jansen served as executive producer for our DSD release.
Just yesterday we learned that All Things Common won Album Of The Year! at NativeDSD, where it had been nominated in the choral and gospel category. Kudos to our valiant musicians and executive producers, and many thanks to the illustrious jury at NativeDSD for its support. Here is a link to the winning albums and article.
All Things Common is available in multiple formats: including DSD, high res PCM downloads, streaming and physical CD. Here is the DSD album booklet.
Peter Feher writing in San Francisco Classical Voice includes All Things Common in his article celebrating the best recordings in 2020 in Southern California. He writes:
On June 19, Pacific Chorale and Yarlung Records released All Things Common, a recording of choral music by composer Tarik O’Regan. The album features Artistic Director Robert Istad conducting the singers of Pacific Chorale with instrumentalists from Salastina in selections spanning O’Regan’s distinctive development as a composer of choral music. Never-recorded works from 20 years ago are heard alongside new pieces, including the premiere of “Facing West,” on text by Walt Whitman, commissioned by the Chorale in 2019. All Things Common was recorded in Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.
This wonderful recognition for All Things Common reminds me how much pleasure we receive from working with such talented musicians. Thank you to the heroic people at Yarlung who made this possible. And many thanks to NativeDSD and San Francisco Classical Voice for your generous support. Tarik, Pacific Chorale and Salastina are worthy. On all of our behalves, thank you!
Bob Attiyeh, producer
