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