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