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