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