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