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