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