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