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