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