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