Francesco da Milano

Domenico Cerasani performs Francesco da Milano

Lutenist Domenico Cerasani performs Fantasia 33, and the intabulation Quand’io penso al martire (123 da J. Arcadelt) by Francesco Canova da Milano “Il Divino” (1497-1543). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). I can rarely resist posting performances of da Milano,…

Ariel Abramovich Plays Ricercars by Francesco da Milano

Ariel Abramovich performs three Ricercars (or Fantasias) by Italian Renaissance lute composer Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) on vihuela de mano. This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s great YouTube channel. Excellent performance by Abramovich with a lovely rhythmic feel and motivic attention. I love the…

Ryosuke Sakamoto (Lute): Complete Francesco da Milano

Ryosuke Sakamoto has a fantastic project going on his YouTube where he’s playing through all of the Ricercares and Fantasias by Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) in order of the Ness number. I included his intro video and the first Fantasia.…

Ricercare No.7 by Milano (Lesson, PDF)

Ricercare (Fantasia) 7 by Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543). This comes from my Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 5 book. Five pieces at the grade 5 level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. This lesson in the book…

Duet: Canone & Spagna a due liuti by Francesco da Milano

Canone & Spagna a due liuti by Francesco da Milano (c. 1497–1543) – From the Cavalcanti lute book (1590). Period lute duets arranged for 2 guitars in score format (two pages for each piece). The score includes notation only and is…

Ricercare (Fantasia) No.16 by Francesco Canova da Milano

Ricercare (Fantasia) 16 by Francesco da Milano

Ricercare (Fantasia) 16 by Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) – Arranged for classical guitar and comes with both a notation edition with fingering and a separate tab edition in the same pdf. Later-Intermediate (Grade 7). My PDF Sheet Music Edition…

Gabriel Bianco Plays Francesco Da Milano

French Guitarist Gabriel Bianco performing the music of Italian composer Francesco Da Milano (1497–1543) during the 2014 Classical Guitar Retreat on the Island of Cumbrae, Scotland. The three pieces performed are ‘Fantaisia, De Mon Triste and La Compagna. This all…

Emanuele Buono plays Da Milano

Italian guitarist Emanuele Buono plays Francesco Da Milano: Fantasia No. 33 via the Naxos Youtube Channel. Beautiful sound on this recording and Buono’s clear and relaxed playing hits the spot. Notice his faster bass runs are played with thumb and…

Nigel North plays Francesco da Milano

Here’s some more from Nigel North from the same concert as last week’s post. Here he performs Ricercars 14 & 75 and Fantasias 64 & 25 (Ness edition numbering) by Italian composer/lutenist Francesco da Milano (1497–1543), also known as Il divino. The recording was made…