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