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