ChoralTracks.com

For budding choir groups out there, here's a great site which would be of tremendous help, and should be on your browser's favourite list alongside cpdl.org. The man behind this is Matthew Curtis, who sang every part of every piece featured on this site! If you have no idea who Matthew Curtis is, perhaps Chanticleer would ring a bell, as Matthew also currently sings with this world-renowned group.

Marian motets

With May coming soon, most choirs would be selecting mainly Marian motets for their practice. Sacred Heart Choir wouldn't be any different, as the next Sunday Mass will be on May 13, which is also dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. Several versions of Ave Maria comes to mind once I looked at CPDL. However we are constrained to short pieces (scores not more than 2 pages) and no more than 4 voices, given the size of the congregation and the small number of singers that we have. If you have other suitable suggestions, do drop me a note or leave a comment.

In the meantime, here are several clips of Chanticleer (one of my favourite groups), singing Franz Biebl's Ave Maria as well as another unknown track. I posted a similar clip by another group here, and I have to admit, Biebl's Ave Maria never fails to give me goosebumps whenever I hear it sung. Beautiful!