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
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Else Torp, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen
Merk auf, mein Herz, BWV Anh. 163 (Attrib. J.S. Bach)
Paul Bentley-Angell, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Mattias Frostenson, Jane Gower, Kate Browton, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Steffen Bruun, Kristin Mulders, Theatre of Voices, Allan Rasmussen
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Else Torp, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jane Gower, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Johan Linderoth, Kate Browton, Steffen Bruun, Paul Hillier, Paul Bentley-Angell, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Kanerva Juutilainen, Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Else Torp, Mark Chambers, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Paul Hillier, Jane Gower
Ein kleines Kindelein
Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Kate Browton, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Kanerva Juutilainen, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Hillier
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Else Torp
Praeambulum in D Minor, WV 35
Allan Rasmussen
Jesu Dulcis Memoria, BuxWV 57
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jane Gower
Rex Virtutum
Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Mattias Frostenson, Jane Gower
Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, RISM S7252
No. 3, Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi, SwWV 153
Else Torp, Kate Browton, Mark Chambers, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Allan Rasmussen
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen