Matthew Best
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Bruckner - Motets
Philip Salmon (tenor), Graham Chambers, Jeremy Gough, Martin Kelly, Christopher Stearn (trombones), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
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Fauré: Requiem and other choral music
Mary Seers (soprano), Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Michael George (baritone)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Linda Kitchen (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass), Thomas Allen (baritone), Nobuko Imai (viola), English Chamber Orchestra, Corydon...
In 1938 Sir Henry Wood celebrated his 50 years as a professional conductor with a concert.
Vaughan Williams composed a work for the occasion, the Serenade to Music, in which he set words by... — -
Liszt: Missa Choralis
Thomas Trotter (organ), Elizabeth Atherton, Jane Bovell (sopranos), Harriet Webb (mezzo soprano), Jeanette Ager (contralto), John Bowley, Andrew Peter King (tenors), Leigh Melrose (baritone), Nicholas Warden (bass)
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
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Britten: Billy Budd
RecommendedPhilip Langridge (Vere), Simon Keenlyside (Billy), John Tomlinson (Claggart), Alan Opie (Mr Redburn), Matthew Best (Mr Flint), Alan Ewing (Mr Ratcliffe), Francis Egerton (Red Whiskers), Clive Bayley (Dansker); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Richard Hickox
Britten's score is so often praised that we tend to neglect the distinction of Forster and Crozier's libretto, sung in this set with unerring conviction by its three principals. Keenlyside and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2008
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPhilip Langridge (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ameral Gunson (Auntie), John Graham-Hall (Bob Boles), John Connell (Swallow), Anne Collins (Mrs Sedley), Roderick Williams (Ned Keene);
London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Any reading that so potently confirms the genius of this piece must have a distinguished place in the discography. In the first place there's Langridge's tense, sinewy, sensitive Grimes. Predictably... —
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Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Opera Recording
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Cantatas
RecommendedJudith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José Van Dam
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (highlights)
RecommendedJohn Tomlinson (Boris), Stuart Kale (Prince Shuisky), Clive Bayley (Varlaam), Joan Rodgers (Xenia), Susan Parry (Feodor), Yvonne Howard (Old Nurse), Matthew Best (Pimen)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
John Tomlinson has made the part of Boris his own, and this generous, 75-minute selection of excerpts from Boris Godunov is highly recommendable, even when compared with current Russian versions... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bruckner: Requiem
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Michael George (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedAnn Murray (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, November 2002, First Choice
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