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