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