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