Orchestra: Theatre of Voices
Conductor: Paul Hillier
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dacapo
Release: 2017
Size: 2.47 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Scheidemann: Praeambulum in F major, WV 39
02. Geist, C: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
03. Bach, J C’ph: Merk auf, mein Herz, und sieh dorthin
04. Buxtehude: Nun komm, der heiden Heiland, BuxWV211
05. Buxtehude: Fürchtet euch nicht, siehe ich verkündige euch grosse Freude BuxWV 30
06. Geist, C: Pastores dicie
07. Reincken: Fugue in G minor
08. Buxtehude: Das neugebor’ne Kindelein, BuxWV13
09. Tunder: Ein kleines Kindelein
10. Buxtehude: In dulci jubilo, for chorus, 2 violins & continuo, BuxWV 52
11. Scheidemann: Praeambulum in D minor
12. Buxtehude: Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 57
13. Weckmann: Rex Virtutum
14. Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae: Psalm & Nativity motets
15. Buxtehude: Fantasia on ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’, BuxWV223
In the gloomy sky of a winter’s night a bright star emerges and ignites Advent’s anticipation of the Nativity –the year moves towards the rebirth of light just at the time of greatest darkness. With evocative works by the Baroque master Dietrich Buxtehude and the circle of 17th-century northern German composers around him, Paul Hillier conducts his Grammy award-winning ensemble Theatre of Voices in a stimulating addition to the traditional Christmas repertoire. Theatre of Voices, widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost vocal groups, was founded by Paul Hillier in 1990 and re-established in Denmark when he moved to that country in 2004. The group presents a wide range of contemporary music, often juxtaposed with elements of early music. Their programs feature many of today’s most eminent composers – Berio, Pärt, Reich, Cage, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Stockhausen – while among their current favourite ‘early’ composers are Perotin, Dowland, and Buxtehude.