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, Fredrik From, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Else Torp, Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic
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, Theatre of Voices, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Paul Hillier, Kristin Mulders, Jane Gower, Kate Browton
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Allan Rasmussen, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp, Paul Hillier, Fredrik From, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jane Gower
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Fredrik From, Steffen Bruun, Kate Browton, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Johan Linderoth, Paul Hillier
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Mark Chambers, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Bentley-Angell, Fredrik From, Jane Gower, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp, Paul Hillier, Kanerva Juutilainen, Mattias Frostenson, Allan Rasmussen
Ein kleines Kindelein
Fredrik From, Mattias Frostenson, Kanerva Juutilainen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Kate Browton
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, 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
Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Mattias Frostenson, Jane Gower, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Fredrik From, Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Rex Virtutum
Jesenka Balic Zunic, Mattias Frostenson, Allan Rasmussen, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Jane Gower, Fredrik From, Paul Hillier
No. 3, Ab Oriente Venerunt Magi, SwWV 153
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Mark Chambers, Kate Browton, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Else Torp, Paul Hillier
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen