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