The 14th century was notable not only for constant war, upheaval, and the Black Death, but for a new style of musical composition from Italy: polyphonic songs that were comic, playful, romantic or serious, but always highly personal. Singing with their trademark celestial tone, Anonymous 4 offer a handpicked bouquet of love songs (ballate) by the 14th-century Italian master of subtle refinement, Francesco Landini. Voices blending and intertwining like choirs of seraphim. - Early Music America.