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