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