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