"The idea of relieving the heady textures of the Gesualdo Tenebrae responsories with chant appropriate to the season is not new ... Francesco Cera, however, does not pretend ... his interventions is anything other than purely dramatic ... Cera's ensemble is quite magnificent, with a rich, direct approach from the solo voices. Their fully, reedy tutti blend has just the right amount of grain ... It is of course possible to quibble with any selection made from among these motets ... What there is is quite splendid".
