"The musicians, with violinists Marco Fornaciari and Kazuki Sasaki and comparatively youthful cellist Gianantonio Viero serving as the concertino, play on modern instruments with I Solisti Veneti's customary polished elegance … producing a large sound that reverberates majestically in the Basilica…. In the frequently played Concerto, op. 6/8 (with its ad libitum pastoral Largo for Christmas), the ensemble creates a bleak crepuscular effect by playing the opening movement without vibrato … before opening the sound into resplendent warmth in the succeeding Allegro. The pastoral Largo sounds more joyous than solemn, creating an airy, weightless reading in which the organ speaks the final, joyful word."—Fanfare