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