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