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