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