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