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