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