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Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Four Hymns; Toward The Unknown Region; O Clap Your Hands; Lord, Thou Hast Been Ou (1993)
performed by Corydon Singers (vocals), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Judith Howarth (soprano), Matthew Souter (viola), Thomas Allen (vocals), Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
Herbert Howells: Requiem; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor (1992)
performed by Corydon Singers (vocals), Janet Coxwell (soprano), Jonathan Best (bass), Mary Seers (soprano), Michael Chance (counter tenor), Philip Salmon (tenor), Thomas Trotter (organ), Matthew Best (conductor)
composed by Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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Handel: Samson (1997)
performed by Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Jonathan Best (bass), Lynda Russell (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Matthew Vine (tenor), Michael George (bass), Thomas Randle (tenor), The Sixteen (choir, chorus), Symphony of Harmony & Invention
composed by George Frederick Handel -
Rachmaninov: Vespers (1991)
performed by Corydon Singers, John Bowen (tenor), Joya Logan (alto), Matthew Best (conductor)
composed by Sergey Rachmaninov -
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
performed by Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Domenico Trimarchi (baritone), Francisco Araiza (tenor), John Noble (baritone), Matthew Best (bass), Nicholas Kraemer (fortepiano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
composed by Gioachino Rossini -
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Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Copland: In the Beginning; Barber: Agnus Dei (1987)
performed by Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Dominic Martelli (soprano), Gary Kettel (percussion), Rachel Masters (harp), Thomas Trotter (organ), Corydon Singers (choir, chorus), Matthew Best (conductor)
composed by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber -
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes (1996)
performed by Alan Opie (baritone), Ameral Gunson (contralto), Anne Collins (mezzo-soprano), Janice Watson (soprano), John Connell (bass), John Fryatt (tenor), John Graham-Hall (tenor), Matthew Best (bass), Ned Harrison (vocals), Pamela Helen Stephen (soprano)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Essential Rossini (2002)
performed by Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (vocals), Francisco Araiza (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Katia Ricciarelli (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Best (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals)
composed by Gioachino Rossini -
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
performed by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Agnes Baltsa (vocals), Domenico Trimarchi (vocals), Francisco Araiza (vocals), John Noble (vocals), Matthew Best (vocals), Nicholas Kraemer (fortepiano), Robert Lloyd (vocals), Sally Burgess (vocals)
composed by Gioachino Rossini -
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov [Highlights] (1998)
performed by Brian Cookson (tenor), Clive Bayley (bass), Joan Rodgers (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Mark Curtis (tenor), Matthew Best (bass), Stephen Dowson (baritone), Stuart Kale (tenor), Susan Parry (mezzo-soprano), Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Modest Mussorgsky -
Menotti: Martin's Lie; Five Songs; Canti della Lontananza (1998)
performed by Alan Opie (baritone), Connor Burrowes (treble), Judith Howarth (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Matthew Best (bass), Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Robin Leggate (tenor), Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Gian Carlo Menotti -
Vaughan Williams: The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains (1992)
performed by Adrian Thompson (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Duke Dobing (flute), John Bowen (tenor), John Gielgud (speech/speaker/speaking part), John Scott (organ), Jonathan Best (bass), Linda Kitchen (soprano)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste (2008)
performed by Elaine Mary Hall (vocals), Janet Baker (vocals), Janice Hooper Roe (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Jonathan Summers (vocals), Maldwyn Davies (vocals), Mark Curtis (vocals), Matthew Best (vocals), Maurits Sillem (harpsichord)
composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck -
Brahms: Motets (1991)
performed by Christine Barratt (soprano), Corydon Singers, John Scott (organ), Joya Logan (alto), Matthew Best (conductor)
composed by Johannes Brahms -
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