Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante in E flat; Symphony No 31 'Paris' | Classical CD review

Càsola/Musikkollegium Winterthur/Boyd(Sony)Fabio da Càsola's recording of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Douglas Boyd and the Musikkollegium Winterthur might not be to everyone's taste. The piece itself is often casually described as operatic, largely thanks to a quote from Così Fan Tutte in the final movement. Here, however, we have a performance that is operatic in all seriousness – grand in scale and moodily intense. Da Càsola wrings huge emotions from it, while Boyd is very much his...

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