Anonymous: Missa sine nomine
Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, Volume 5
Anonymous (early 16th c.): Missa sine nomine
Sarum plainchant · Kyrie Orbis factor
Hugh Sturmy (early 16th c.): Exultet in hac die
Robert Hunt (early 16th c.): Ave Maria mater dei
John Mason (c.1480-1548): Ve nobis miseris
Restored by Nick Sandon
The 2018 winner of the prestigious Gramophone Classical Music Award for Early Music — the first for a non-European ensemble in the award’s 41-year history– volume 5 of the acclaimed series Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks contains the world premiere recording of a Mass by an anonymous English composer from the first half of the 16th century. Since the source of the cantus firmus has not been identified, the Mass remains without a name (“sine nomine”). The disc also includes an antiphon addressed to St. Augustine of Canterbury which is the only surviving work of Hugh Sturmy, a short and dramatic Ave Maria mater dei by Robert Hunt, whose Stabat mater is a highlight of vol. 3 of the series, and the sonorous and captivating Ve nobis miseris by John Mason, for men’s voices in five parts. This recording is part of a 5-CD project which began in 2010. It was recognized as an Editor’s Choice and a Critic’s Choice for 2017 by Gramophone Magazine, where Fabrice Fitch called the disc “one of the discoveries of the year.”
BHCD 1007
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Track Listing
1 Exultet in hac die – Hugh Sturmy (3:31)
2 Ave Maria mater dei – Robert Hunt (4:40)
3 Ve nobis miseris – John Mason (12:46)
4 Kyrie Orbis factor – Sarum plainchant (2:10)
Missa sine nomine – Anonymous
5 Gloria (7:42)
6 Credo (7:34)
7 Sanctus (9:05)
8 Agnus Dei (8:02)
Total time: 55:34
