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