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