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