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