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
Allan Rasmussen, Fredrik From, Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Else Torp, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg
J. S. Bach
Merk auf, mein Herz, BWV Anh. 163 (Attrib. J.S. Bach)
Theatre of Voices, Kate Browton, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Mattias Frostenson, Kristin Mulders, Steffen Bruun, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jane Gower
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Else Torp, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Allan Rasmussen, Fredrik From, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jane Gower, Jesenka Balic Zunic
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Steffen Bruun, Johan Linderoth, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, Paul Hillier, Mattias Frostenson, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Kate Browton
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Fredrik From, Else Torp, Mattias Frostenson, Mark Chambers, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Kanerva Juutilainen, Jane Gower
Ein kleines Kindelein
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Fredrik From, Paul Hillier, Mattias Frostenson, Kanerva Juutilainen, Kate Browton, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, Else Torp
Praeambulum in D Minor, WV 35
Allan Rasmussen
Jesu Dulcis Memoria, BuxWV 57
Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Fredrik From, Jane Gower
Rex Virtutum
Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Mattias Frostenson, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jane Gower
No. 3, Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi, SwWV 153
Else Torp, Mark Chambers, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Kate Browton
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen