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