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