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