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