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