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