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