Matthew Nelson writes: "Felix Draeseke composed his Sonata, Op. 38 in 1888, six years before Brahms would complete his formidable Op. 120. Known for his early associations with Liszt and Wagner, Draeseke had discarded the relatively free Neudeutsche Schule aesthetic by the time he composed his clarinet sonata. The harmony in Op. 38 preserves a Wagnerian sense of chromaticism, yet Draeseke delineates classical formal schemes and proportion in each...