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