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