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