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