Two Sonatas for Clarinet
and Piano, Opus 49, No. 1 & 2
Max Reger
Reger has given us two major, full-length clarinet works that seem to have one foot in the modern era and one in the Romantic era. Each has beautiful and often sad melody lines, with unexpected twists and turns.
These are longer works that focus on beauty of tone rather than speed or fancy embellishments. Please note that Sonate II is for clarinet in A, while Sonate I is for clarinet in Bb.