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