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