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