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