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