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