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