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