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