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