German composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt spent many years travelling as a youth and was an accomplished keyboard player. The Cembalokonzert in the Old Style, is one of his first compositions written when he was in his early twenties...

Reichardt's fortunes rose and fell all within his own lifetime but after a difficult early education he was commonly accepted as gifted composer with a talent for the lyric style. Astyle he was to cultivate in over 1,500 songs. A casual...