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