Schelb's four-movement work, closest in style to that by Paul Hindemith among the well-known clarinet sonatas of the 20th century, captivates with its distinctive originality, strong inventiveness, and the
Diverging from the classical-romantic tradition, Brahms used the key of E-flat major here not to express the heroic or monumental, but to obtain lyrical, chiefly restrained characterizations. The