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