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