Praeambulum in F Major, WV 39
Allan Rasmussen
In Dulci Jubilo: Music for the Christmas Season by Buxtehude & Friends
When Paul Hillier, an inspiring, English-born choral conductor, moved to Denmark in 2003, he re-established his choir, Theatre of Voices, in his new country, and they’ve gone from strength to strength. This wonderful programme is themed around the Advent star and the great burst of light that Christmas brings to the year’s darkest months. The German-Danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude and some of his German contemporaries provide the fare for this delightful celebration of Christmas, late 17th-century style. Allan Rasmussen intersperses the choral numbers with solo organ pieces, making for an engrossing album of high-class music-making, superbly recorded in Copenhagen’s Garnisonskirken.
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Else Torp
Merk auf, mein Herz, BWV Anh. 163 (Attrib. J.S. Bach)
Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Mark Chambers, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jane Gower, Kate Browton, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Steffen Bruun, Kristin Mulders, Mattias Frostenson, Theatre of Voices, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Else Torp, Jane Gower, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Kate Browton, Steffen Bruun, Mattias Frostenson, Johan Linderoth
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Jane Gower, Kanerva Juutilainen, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Else Torp, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Mark Chambers, Jesenka Balic Zunic
Ein kleines Kindelein
Kate Browton, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Kanerva Juutilainen, Mattias Frostenson
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Mark Chambers, Else Torp, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Praeambulum in D Minor, WV 35
Allan Rasmussen
Jesu Dulcis Memoria, BuxWV 57
Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Mark Chambers, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jane Gower, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Mattias Frostenson, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg
Rex Virtutum
Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jane Gower, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Mattias Frostenson
Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, RISM S7252
No. 3, Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi, SwWV 153
Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Mark Chambers, Kate Browton, Else Torp
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen