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