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