Francesco Landini
Francesco Landini (c. 1325–1397) was a Florentine composer, poet, organist and singer, and a central figure of the Italian Trecento. Blind from childhood, he left a large body of madrigals and ballate that dominate the surviving sources of fourteenth-century Italian polyphony.
His songs range from extroverted love poetry to more contemplative and philosophical texts. Move’s collection marking the 600th anniversary of his death, I am Music (MD 3093), presents twelve previously unrecorded works together with fresh readings of some of his best-known madrigals and ballate. Further pieces appear on mediaeval anthologies in the catalogue.
Francesco Landini is featured on the following titles
I am Music - The Music of the 14th Century Vol. 3
The Music of the Fourteenth Century series presents some of the earliest and most significant polyphonic settings of late medieval lyric poetry. Songs by Francesco Landini, performed by the Ensemble of the Fourteenth Century.
Compositions by Francesco Landini also appear on
Silk and Spice
Cantigas follow the mediæval Silk Road in dance, monophonic song and improvisation. Recorders, rebec, vielle, oud, lute and percussion carry music shaped by Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Joy
Joy names the intent behind much of this music: carols of piety, the longing of Landini and Machaut, and Hildegard von Bingen’s soaring beauty. The collection shows how song shaped everyday life in the Middle Ages.