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