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