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