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