Active in Venice and Padua at the beginning of the 15th century, Johannes
Ciconia was undoubtedly the most important composer of this transitional
period. Born in Liège and trained in the principles of the French and Italian
Ars Nova, he played a considerable role in the musical development that led to
the Renaissance. His works are in all the forms current for the period: French
chansons, Italian ballades and madrigals, and Latin motets for particular
occasions, as well as individual movements from the Mass that proclaim the
arrival of the form's golden age in the 15th century. This recording of his
complete works has been entrusted to two remarkable ensembles that are no
strangers to Outhere's catalogue: La Morra for the secular music, and Diabolus
In Musica for the sacred works and the motets for particular occasions.