Matthew Best
Type
Person
Location
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Formed
6 February 1957
Ended
10 May 2025
Albums26
- Intimations of Immortality / Dies natalisFinzi; John Mark Ainsley, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best2015
- Missa choralis / Via crucisLiszt; Corydon Singers, Thomas Trotter, Matthew Best2000
- Fauré: Requiem / Duruflé: RequiemFauré, Duruflé; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best1998
- Liturgy of St John ChrysostomPyotr Tchaikovsky; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1997
- The Dream of GerontiusElgar; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers, William Kendall, Matthew Best, Sarah Fryer, David Hill1997
- Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II / Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold IIBeethoven; Judith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José van Dam, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best1997
- Requiem in C minor / Marche funèbreLuigi Cherubini; Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best1996
- L’Enfance du ChristBerlioz; Alastair Miles, Jean Rigby, Gerald Finley, John Aler, Gwynne Howell, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best1995
- The Divine Liturgy of St John ChrysostomRachmaninov; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1994
- Te Deum & Mass in D minorAnton Bruckner; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1993
- Missa São Sebastião / Magnificat-Alleluia / Bendita Sabedoria / Ave Maria / Pater Noster / Cor Dulce, Cor Amabile / Panis Angelicus / Praesepe / Sub TuumVilla‐Lobos; Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best1993
- Mass in F minor / Psalm 150Bruckner; Juliet Booth, John Mark Ainsley, Gwynne Howell, Jean Rigby, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best1992
- VespersSergei Rachmaninov; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1991
- MotetsBrahms; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1991
- Serenade to Music / Flos Campi / Five Mystical Songs / Fantasia on Christmas CarolsRalph Vaughan Williams; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best, English Chamber Orchestra1990
- Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim’s ProgressSir John Gielgud, City of London Sinfonia & Matthew Best1990
- Choral MusicMendelssohn; Corydon Singers, Anne Dawson, John Scott, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best1989
- Requiem / Messe Basse / Cantique de Jean Racine / MotetsGabriel Fauré; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best19895.00 ★
- Saint Nicolas / Hymn to Saint CeciliaBenjamin Britten; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best, Anthony Rolfe Johnson1989
- RequiemBruckner; English Chamber Orchestra, Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1987
- Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / Copland: In the beginning and Three Motets / Barber: Agnus DeiLeonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1987
- Howells: Requiem / Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minorHerbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1987
- Requiem / Four MotetsDuruflé; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best1987
- Mass in E minor / Libera me / Zwei AequaleAnton Bruckner; Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble, Matthew Best1986
- Rejoice in the Lamb / A Wedding Anthem / Festival Te Deum / A Boy was BornBenjamin Britten; Corydon Singers, Westminster Cathedral Choristers, Thomas Trotter, Matthew Best19855.00 ★
- MotetsAnton Bruckner; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best1983
Live Albums1
- Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981]Christoph Willibald Gluck; Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, Matthew Best, Maldwyn Davies, Philip Gelling, Jonathan Summers, Maurits Sillem, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Charles Mackerras2014
![Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981]](/cover-art/cfd0c3a6-8c5b-48e8-a721-56c2f6dea27f/43560728697/250.jpg)
Compilations4
- Choral WorksRalph Vaughan Williams; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best2008
- The MassesBruckner; Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best1996
- The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains / Magnificat / A Song of Thanksgiving / Psalm 100 / Three Choral HymnsVaughan Williams; Sir John Gielgud, Corydon Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Best1992
- Celebration of the SpiritBernstein, Rutter, Poulenc; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown, Corydon Singers & Matthew Best
