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