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