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