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