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Matthew Robert Best (6 February 1957 – 10 May 2025) was an English bass singer, choral conductor, composer and academic. He had a long career as a singer at major opera houses of the United Kingdom including the Royal Opera House and the English National Opera, performing lead roles such as Wotan in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Best was recognised internationally as conductor of vocal music performed with his ensemble Corydon Singers which he founded at age 16; their recordings of works by Anton Bruckner have been regarded as excellent and earned awards. He taught voice at the Royal Northern College of Music from 2015 until 2024.
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Gloria: Gloria in excelsis deo. Allegro vivace - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Gloria: Domine deus, rex coelestis. Andante - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus. Vivace e ritmico - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Chichester Psalms: Psalm 108, vs. 2 & Psalm 100. Maestoso ma energico - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Chichester Psalms: Psalm 2, vv. 1-4 & Psalm 23 vv. 1-6. Andante con moto, ma tranquillo - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Chichester Psalms: Psalm 131 & Psalm 133, v.1. Prelude - Peacefully Flowing - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Quatre petites prières de St. François d'Assise, FP 142: No. 1, Salut, dame sainte - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Quatre petites prières de St. François d'Assise, FP 142: No. 2, Tout puissant, très saint - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Quatre petites prières de St. François d'Assise, FP 142: No. 3, Seigneur, je vous en prie - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Quatre petites prières de St. François d'Assise, FP 142: No. 4, O mes très chers frères - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Litanies à la vierge noire, FP 82a - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Exultate deo, FP 109 - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Salve regina, FP 110 - Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières -
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Missa choralis, S. 10: I. Kyrie - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Missa choralis, S. 10: II. Gloria - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Missa choralis, S. 10: III. Credo - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Missa choralis, S. 10: IV. Sanctus - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Missa choralis, S. 10: V. Benedictus - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Missa choralis, S. 10: VI. Agnus Dei - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Introduction. Vexilla regis prodeunt - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 1. Jesus Is Condemned to Death - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 2. Jesus Takes Up the Cross - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 3. Jesus Falls the First Time - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 4. Jesus Meets His Blessed Mother - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 5. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 7. Jesus Falls the Second Time - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 8. The Women of Jerusalem Weep for Jesus - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 9. Jesus Falls the Third Time - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 10. Jesus Is Stripped of His Clothes - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 11. Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 12. Jesus Dies on the Cross - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 13. Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Via Crucis, S. 53: Station 14. Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb - Liszt: Missa Choralis & Via Crucis -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam – Kyrie - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): II. Offertorium. O Domine Jesu Christe - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): III. Sanctus - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): IV. Pie Jesu - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): V. Agnus Dei - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): VI. Libera me - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 Version): VII. In paradisum - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: I. Introit - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: II. Kyrie - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: III. Domine Jesu Christe - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: IV. Sanctus - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: V. Pie Jesu - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: VI. Agnus Dei - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: VII. Lux aeterna - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: VIII. Libera me - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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Requiem, Op. 9: IX. In paradisum - Fauré: Requiem – Duruflé: Requiem -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: I. Kheruvimskaya pesnya "The Cherubic Hymn" in F Major - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: II. Kheruvimskaya pesnya "The Cherubic Hymn" in D Major - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: III. Kheruvimskaya pesnya "The Cherubic Hymn" in C Major - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: IV. Tebe poem "We Praise You" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: V. Dostoyno est "Hymn to the Mother of God" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: VI. Otche nash "Our Father" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: VII. Blazheni, yazhe izbral "Blessed Are They, Whom Thou Hast Chosen" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: VIII. Da ispravitsya "Let My Prayer" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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9 Sacred Choruses, TH 78: IX. Nyne sily nebesnyya "Now the Powers of Heaven" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Angel vopiyashe, "The Angel Cried Out", TH 81 - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: II. Slava Otsu, i Synu "Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: III. Priidite, poklonimsya "Come, Let Us Worship" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: VI. Kheruvimskaya pesnya "The Cherubic Hymn" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: VIII. Veruyu "The Creed" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: IX. Milost mira "A Mercy of Peace" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: X. Tebe poem "We Praise You" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: XI. Dostoyno est "Hymn to the Mother of God" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: XIII. Otche nash "Our Father" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: XIV. Khvalite Gospoda "Praise the Lord" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: X. Blagosloven gradyy "Blessed Is He Who Comes" - Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41; 9 Sacred Choruses -
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