Matthew Best
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I would go so far as to say that this recording carries more musical conviction than any of its rivals —
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Special offer. Beethoven - Mass in C major
Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, 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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Special offer. Bruckner - Mass in D minor & Te Deum
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Keith Lewis (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) & James O' Donnell (organ)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
Highest honours must go to the outstanding 140-voice chorus who sing with earth-shattering conviction, utmost clarity of diction and enviable precision of ensemble and intonation … the combined... —
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
Peter Scorer (deacon)
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
Impeccable, their sense of timing just right—leisurely, tender and reverential … a worthy follow-up to its admirable Vespers —
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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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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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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... — -
Special offer. Britten - St Nicolas & St Cecilia
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & Harry Briggs (treble)
Corydon Singers, Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St George's Chapel Windsor & English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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