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