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, Paul Hillier, Else Torp, Allan Rasmussen, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jesenka Balic Zunic
Merk auf, mein Herz, BWV Anh. 163 (Attrib. J.S. Bach)
Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Kate Browton, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Steffen Bruun, Paul Bentley-Angell, Theatre of Voices, Allan Rasmussen, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Hillier, Jane Gower, Kristin Mulders, Mattias Frostenson
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Jane Gower, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Fredrik From, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Else Torp, Allan Rasmussen, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Paul Hillier
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Paul Hillier, Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Kate Browton, Steffen Bruun, Fredrik From, Paul Bentley-Angell, Johan Linderoth, Allan Rasmussen
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Else Torp, Allan Rasmussen, Fredrik From, Paul Bentley-Angell, Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jane Gower, Mattias Frostenson, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Mark Chambers, Kanerva Juutilainen
Ein kleines Kindelein
Allan Rasmussen, Kate Browton, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Kanerva Juutilainen, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Hillier, Fredrik From, Jesenka Balic Zunic
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Else Torp, Paul Hillier, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Allan Rasmussen, Fredrik From
Praeambulum in D Minor, WV 35
Allan Rasmussen
Jesu Dulcis Memoria, BuxWV 57
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Fredrik From, Jane Gower, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Allan Rasmussen, Mattias Frostenson, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Paul Hillier
Rex Virtutum
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jane Gower, Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier
Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, RISM S7252
No. 3, Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi, SwWV 153
Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Kate Browton, Mark Chambers, Paul Bentley-Angell, Else Torp, Allan Rasmussen
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen