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