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