- EDITOR’S CHOICE
- A prolific composer from a rich period of artistic activity in 14th-century Florence.
Francesco Landini
- Jankees Braaksma, Ensemble Super Librum, Ronald Moelker
- Nanako Sugiura
- La Morra, Francesco Corti, Theatro dei Cervelli
- Giordano Farina, Sabrina Alunni, Jennie Sabati, I Trobadores
- Michał Gondko, Peppe Frana, Enea Sorini, Luca Della Casa, Patrizia Bovi, Katerina Ghannudi, Giordano Ceccotti, Catalina Vicens, François Lazarevitch, Mauro Borgioni, Corina Marti
- Peppe Frana, Federica Bianchi
- Duo Medieval
Compilations
- Various Artists
- Various Artists
- Christine Morel, Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense, Dorothy Linell, Bernhard Landauer, Michael Posch, Claude Goudimel Ensemble, Scholars Of London, Ensemble Oni Wytars, Ensemble Villanella, Jeremy Summerly, Steven Rickards, Rose Consort of Viols, Bo Holten, Ensemble Unicorn, Capilla Flamenca, In Dulci Jubilo, Sven Berger, Tonus Peregrinus, Nova Schola Gregoriana, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Shirley Rumsey, Alberto Turco, Antony Pitts, Oxford Camerata
Biography
Fourteenth century Italian composer Francesco Landini (ca. 1325-1397) was the major figure of the Italian Trecento, a period in which Italian composers began to compete with Franco-Flemish masters. Blind from childhood, Landini was an expert player of the organetto and the most prolific Italian composer of his era; all of his authentic works are secular, and it appears Landini authored many of his own texts. Landini was one of the first composers to attempt to notate instrumental accompaniment, and the catchy, popular orientation of his pieces has endeared them to early music ensembles, in addition to their great popularity in Landini's own time.