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Jonathan Best (1958 - )

Male Person - operatic bass

On Recordings (20)

Vocals

  1. The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains 21:46 John Mark Ainsley, Jonathan Best, Corydon Singers, Linda Kitchen, Alan Opie, Bryn Terfel, Adrian Thompson, City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Best (1992) solo, bass vocals
  2. Selva morale e spirituale: Psalm 112: Laudate pueri, Dominum, SV 270 7:09 Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players (1993) bass vocals
  3. Messa e salmi: Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus 13:16 Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players (1993) choir vocals
  4. Messe e salmi: Magnificat 7:46 Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players (1993) bass vocals
  5. King Arthur: Passacaglia: Act 4 [excerpt] 7:14 Jonathan Best, Véronique Gens, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (11 Oct 1995) bass vocals
  6. King Arthur: Act II. "Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye" - "Hither this way, this way bend" 1:53 Jonathan Best, Les Arts Florissants (1995) bass vocals
  7. King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love every creature" - "In vain are our graces" 7:13 Les Arts Florissants, Jonathan Best, Richard Duguay, Véronique Gens, Mhairi Lawson, Violaine Lucas, David Le Monnier, Mark Padmore, Valérie Picard, Anne Pichard, Jean-Marie Puissant, Carys Lloyd Roberts, Sheena Wolstencroft (1995) choir vocals
  8. Magnificat 7:46 Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Susan Hemington Jones, Robert Horn, Charles Pott, Andrew Tusa, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (1995) bass vocals
  9. King Arthur: Act V. "For folded flocks, and fruitful plains" 2:00 Jonathan Best, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton, Les Arts Florissants (1995) bass vocals
  10. King Arthur: Act V. "You say 'tis Love" 5:27 Jonathan Best, Sandrine Piau, Les Arts Florissants (1995) bass vocals
  11. Salmo 112: Laudate pueri 7:09 Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Susan Hemington Jones, Angus Smith, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh (1997) bass vocals
  12. Salmo 121: Laetatus sum 6:10 Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Susan Hemington Jones, Angus Smith, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh (1997) bass vocals
  13. Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: "Be of good courage" (Samson, Micah, Harapha) 2:23 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  14. Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 39 Air: "Presuming slave, to move their wrath" (Harapha) 3:01 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  15. Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 33 Air: "Honour and arms scorn such a foe" (Harapha) 5:40 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  16. Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "No words of peace" (Micah, Harapha, Samson) 1:38 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  17. Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "Dagon, arise!" (Harapha) 0:13 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  18. Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. Recitative: "With thee! a man condemn'd" (Harapha, Samson) 0:41 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  19. Samson, HWV 57: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: "More trouble is behind: for Harapha" (Micah, Samson, Harapha) 1:23 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals
  20. Samson, HWV 57: Act Two, Scene 4. No. 35 Duet: "Go, baffled coward, go" (Samson, Harapha) 2:16 George Frideric Handel (01 Jul 2016) bass vocals

Credited as (13)

  1. Purcell; Gens, McFadden, Piau, Waters, Best, Padmore, Paton, Salomaa, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
  2. Jonathan Best, Véronique Gens, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
  3. Jonathan Best/Lynne Perry Christofferson
  4. Henry Purcell; Véronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Susannah Waters, Jonathan Best, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton, Petteri Salomaa, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
  5. Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Susan Hemington Jones, Robert Horn, Charles Pott, Andrew Tusa, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
  6. Jonathan Best, Tessa Bonner, Charles Daniels, Susan Hemington Jones, Angus Smith, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
  7. Jonathan Best, Les Arts Florissants
  8. Les Arts Florissants, Jonathan Best, Richard Duguay, Véronique Gens, Mhairi Lawson, Violaine Lucas, David Le Monnier, Mark Padmore, Valérie Picard, Anne Pichard, Jean-Marie Puissant, Carys Lloyd Roberts, Sheena Wolstencroft
  9. Jonathan Best, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton, Les Arts Florissants
  10. Jonathan Best, Sandrine Piau, Les Arts Florissants
  11. Purcell; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Gens, McFadden, Piau, Waters, Best, Padmore, Paton, Salomaa
  12. John Mark Ainsley, Jonathan Best, Corydon Singers, Linda Kitchen, Alan Opie, Bryn Terfel, Adrian Thompson, City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Best
  13. Peter Maxwell Davies; Jones, Robson, Hill, Jenkins, Herford, Finley, Best, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies

Links (6)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13976663k
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002018761
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134806131

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/960241

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000258806

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/103619986