Johannes Ciconia, illegitimate son of a Liège priest, is regarded as one of the most intriguing musical personalities of the period immediately preceeding the age of Du Fay, as well as the first great oltramontano (Northern-European musician) to have made a successful career in Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.
In January 2010 LA MORRA has recorded all securely attributable secular works by Ciconia that have survived in complete (or nearly complete) state. This recording forms a part of the label Ricercar's project devoted to Ciconia's oeuvre and commemorating the 600th anniversary of his death.
