Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

"...a performance [of the Clarinet Concerto] 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 equal in seeing the work in terms of high drama...The orchestral sound is unfashionably full, but the playing is consistently fine." The Guardian, 8th July 2010 ***

"[Di Casola's] brilliant tone and mellifluous technique are allied to immaculate musical instincts: he catches the mood shifts of the opening allegro...and the sublime adagio sounds like an aria without words, "sung" with inexhaustible reserves of breath, astounding dynamic spectrum and palette of colour...An unforgettable performance." Sunday Times, 11th July 2010 *****

"Fabio Di Càsola manages to convey, in the gorgeous 2nd movement Adagio, something of the character of the lower-register basset clarinet for which the concerto was apparently written." The Independent, 30th July 2010 ****

"It is an attractive performance, avoiding the Romantic indulgences which have been retrospectively wished upon this late masterpiece, and making it thereby the more moving and affecting." International Record Review, October 2010