Corydon Singers

Matthew Best (born 6 February 1957) is an English bass singer and conductor, especially of vocal music. He founded the ensemble Corydon Singers in 1973 and won the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 1981. From 1985, he was also a guest conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra. His recordings with Corydon Singers were made on the Hyperion Records label and focus on choral music by the likes of Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn. He is currently engaged as Music Director of the Academy Choir Wimbledon and as a Principal Study singing teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music.

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Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières - 2009-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis - 2000-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Simpson: Complete Choral and Organ Music - 1998-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem - 1998-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses - 1997-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Early Cantatas: Cantata for Joseph II; Cantata for Leopold II etc. - 1997-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Finzi: Dies natalis & Intimations of Immortality - 1996-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Mass in C Major; Ah! perfido; Tremate, Op. 116 - 1996-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Cherubini: Requiem & Marche funèbre - 1996-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rachmaninoff: The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - 1994-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Other Works - 1993-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bruckner: Te Deum; Mass No. 1 in D Minor - 1993-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Villa-Lobos: Missa São Sebastião & Other Sacred Music - 1993-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F Minor & Psalm 150 - 1992-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Vaughan Williams: The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains & Other Works - 1992-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil) - 1991-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Motets - 1991-02-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Flos Campi, 5 Mystical Songs, Fantasia on Christmas Carols - 1990-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Hör mein Bitten "Hear my Prayer" & Other Choral Music - 1989-12-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Messe basse; 2 Motets, Op. 65 - 1989-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Britten: St Nicolas & Hymn to St Cecilia - 1989-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Bruckner: Requiem; Psalms 112 & 114 - 1987-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Copland: In the Beginning; Barber: Agnus Dei - 1987-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Duruflé: Requiem & 4 Motets - 1987-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor & Other Works - 1986-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z