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