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