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