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