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