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    A must-have for any serious collector of early choral music, this is a 5-CD set of the complete music from Blue Heron's groundbreaking, long-term Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks project (2010-2017). The package includes a new 84-page booklet with thousands of words on the works and history by Dr. Nick Sandon, as well as essays by Scott Metcalfe on performance practice, all illustrated with gorgeous color pictures. Complete texts and translations for the complete set are compiled in the single booklet, as well. The discs and booklet come housed in an attractive, early-to open box.

    The set includes mostly world premiere recordings and features masses by Nicholas Ludford, antiphons by Hugh Aston and Richard Pygott, the complete surviving works of Robert Jones, and the gifted though previously completely unknown composers Hugh Sturmy and Robert Hunt, and all but one of the surviving works of John Mason. The missing tenor parts have been supplied by Nick Sandon, who has dedicated much of his professional life to the Peterhouse partbooks, which were copied for Canterbury Cathedral in 1540 and are now named for the college currently housing them, Peterhouse Cambridge.

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lyrics

AveMaria:
AVE fuit prima salus
Qua vincitur hostis malus; Remordet culpa noxia; Juva nos. Ave Maria.
MARIA dum salutaris Ab angelo sic vocaris Nomen tuum demonia Repellit. Ave Maria.
GRACIA sancti spiritus Fecundavit te penitus; Graciarum nunc premia Da nobis. Ave Maria.
PLENA tu es virtutibis Pro cunctis celi civibus; Virtutes et auxilia Presta nunc. Ave Maria.
DOMINUS ab inicio Destinavit te filio; Tu es mater et filia Prefelix. Ave Maria.
TECUM letantur angeli Et exultant archangeli, Celi celorum curia,
O dulcis. Ave Maria.
BENEDICTA semper eris In terris et in superis; Tibi nullus in gloria Compar est. Ave Maria.
TU cum deo coronaris Et veniam servis paris; Fac nobis detur venia Precibus. Ave Maria.
IN gentes movent prelia, Mundus, caro et demonia; Sed defende nos, O pia,
O clemens. Ave Maria.
MULIERIBUS omnibus Repleris summis opibus; Reple nos tua gracia. Ave Maria. Ave Maria.
ET post partum velut prius Virgo manens et filius Descendit sicut pluvia
In vellus. Ave Maria.
BENEDICTUS sit filius Adjutor et propicius; Adjutrix et propicia Sis nobis. Ave Maria.
FRUCTUS tuus tam amavit Quod in te nos desponsavit Ut parentum obprobria Deleret. Ave Maria.
VENTRIS claustrum bajulavit Jesum qui nos sorde lavit; Hunc exores voce pia
Pro nobis. Ave Maria.
TUI viroris speculum Clarifica hoc seculum; Viciorum flagicia Purga nos. Ave Maria.
JESUS salvator filius Perducat nos superius Ubi regnas in gloria Meritis. Ave Maria.
AMEN est finis salutis; Vocem aperiens mutis Celi portas et gaudia Aperi nobis. Ave Maria.

Ascribed to Jacopone da Todi (c. 1230-1306).

Hail,Mary:
HAIL was the first greeting
through which the wicked enemy was overcome; loathsome sin gnaws away [at us];
help us. Hail, Mary.
MARY: such art thou called
while thou art greeted by the angel; thy name puts demons
to flight. Hail, Mary.
GRACE of the Holy Spirit
made thee fruitful deep within; give us now the gifts
of graces. Hail, Mary.
FULL art thou with virtues
more than all the citizens of heaven; now bring virtue and support
[to us]. Hail, Mary.
THE LORD destined thee
for a son from the beginning; thou art a most fortunate mother and daughter. Hail, Mary.
WITH THEE angels rejoice
and archangels exult;
the courtiers of the heaven of heavens, O sweet one. Hail, Mary.
BLESSED wilt thou ever be on earth and on high; none is like to thee
in glory. Hail, Mary.
THOU ART crowned together with God
and thou dost acquire pardon for [thy] servants; obtain by thy prayers that pardon be granted
to us. Hail, Mary.
AMONG mankind prowl conflict,
worldly distraction, fleshly desires and demons; defend us, however, O dutiful one,
O merciful one. Hail, Mary.
WOMEN all thou dost surpass
in being filled with supreme influence; fill us with thy grace.
Hail, Mary. Hail, Mary.
AND [thou] remaining a virgin
after the birth just as before, and the son came down like dew
upon a fleece. Hail, Mary.
BLESSED BE [thy] son,
a propitious helper;
be thou a propitious helper to us. Hail, Mary.
THE FRUIT of thee loved so greatly that in thee he espoused us
so that he might wipe away the fault of [our] forefathers. Hail, Mary.
The cloister OF THE WOMB bare
Jesus who cleansed us of uncleanness;
may thou prevail upon him with a devout voice on our behalf. Hail, Mary.
May the mirror of the fertility OF THEE reflect light upon the world;
cleanse us of the disgrace
of sins. Hail, Mary.
JESUS the son, the savior:
may he lead us through on high where thou reignest in glory through [thy] merits. Hail, Mary.
AMEN is the end of the greeting;
opening [thy] mouth for those who have no voice, open the gates and joys of heaven
to us. Hail, Mary.

Translation © Nick Sandon 2012. He comments, “The rather convoluted English of the translation attempts to reproduce an essential feature of the Latin by placing the words of the angelic salutation (printed in capitals) at or near the beginning of each stanza” (Antico Edition RCM108, pp. viii-ix).

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from The Lost Music of Canterbury (Boxed Set), released October 19, 2018
Originally released October 1, 2013

Engineering & mastering: Joel Gordon 
Producer: Eric Milnes 
Editing: Eric Milnes & Joel Gordon 
Cover photo: Close-up of white lamb's wool (Copyright Bjorn Forsberg / Getty Images) 
Graphic design: Pete Goldlust & Melanie Germond
Recorded at Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Sept.-Oct 2012

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