Corydon Singers

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.

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