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