We have recorded two CDs.
If you would like to hear some samples use the player below to select tracks and press the play button to listen to them.
The CDs include choral pieces ranging from contemporary compositions to music written almost 500 years ago.
The styles include the oldest surviving piece of secular choral music, rounds, church music, songs from shows and pieces composed specially for the Heart of England Singers.
"The Heart of England Sings CD" includes . . .
Ave Verum - Mozart
Ave Maria - Rachmaninov
Cantique de Jean Racine - Faure
Blow Gabriel Blow - Cole Porter (from Anything Goes)
The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch
Octopus's Garden - Ringo Starr
Amongst new pieces of music receiving their first recording is Vertue by John Joubert; a piece for soprano, tenor and choir commissioned by the Heart of England Singers to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of their formation wth soloists Susan Bates and Stephen Davis.
and more."Gloria CD" (The latest recording) includes . . .
Gloria - a Piece written by Martin Bates
Parce Domine - Jacob Obrecht
Ave Verum Corpus - Edward Elgar
Pirates Of Penzance - Gilbert And Sullivan
Hey Jude - Lennon and McCartney
God Is Our Refuge - W A Mozart
Boroditse Djevo - Sergei Rachmaninov
As Long As I have Music - Don Besig
and more.The CDs were recorded at St Paul's Church, Hockley, Birmingham under the musical direction of Martin Bates.
The CDs can be ordered by sending £10 per CD (incl. p&p) to:
Heart of England Singers,
c/o 5, Fern Close,
Portland Ridge,
Rugby,
CV3 0UQ
The 7 samples below have been compressed in order to reduce download time. The quality of sound is much higher on the CDs. We hope you enjoy them.(You will need Flash 6 or higher installed and it may take a few seconds for tracks to download if using a modem)
