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