Grande Sonate

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 proponent of the 'Sturm und Drang' movement this Grande Sonate for piano hails from the closing years of his life and exemplifies the lightness of touch of a matur...