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