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