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