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