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