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