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