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