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