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