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