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