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