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