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
Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Else Torp, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg
Merk auf, mein Herz, BWV Anh. 163 (Attrib. J.S. Bach)
Kristin Mulders, Kate Browton, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Steffen Bruun, Theatre of Voices, Allan Rasmussen, Jane Gower, Paul Hillier, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Bentley-Angell, Else Torp, Johan Linderoth, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
Allan Rasmussen
Fürchtet euch nicht, BuxWV 30
Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jane Gower, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp
Pastores Dicite Quidnam Vidistis
Mattias Frostenson, Paul Bentley-Angell, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Kate Browton, Steffen Bruun, Johan Linderoth, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier
Fuga in G Minor
Allan Rasmussen
Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Paul Hillier, Mark Chambers, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Jane Gower, Kanerva Juutilainen, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Mattias Frostenson, Else Torp, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen
Ein kleines Kindelein
Kate Browton, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Paul Hillier, Mattias Frostenson, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Kanerva Juutilainen, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen
In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52
Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Else Torp, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Paul Hillier, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen
Praeambulum in D Minor, WV 35
Allan Rasmussen
Jesu Dulcis Memoria, BuxWV 57
Mattias Frostenson, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, Mark Chambers, Judith-Maria Blomsterberg, Jesenka Balic Zunic, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Paul Bentley-Angell, Paul Hillier, Jane Gower
Rex Virtutum
Jane Gower, Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Mattias Frostenson, Paul Hillier, Fredrik From, Allan Rasmussen, 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, Paul Hillier, Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223
Allan Rasmussen