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