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