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