JÁNOS SEBESTYÉN

DISCOGRAPHY - PART ONE


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French LP re-issue of HUNGAROTON 11453.

This discography lists recordings by the label on which they were originally published.
Entries that do not specify the instrument played are performed on harpsichord.
The album cover of the initial release is shown when available.

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HUNGAROTON   Hungary

  • SP 117
    Mendelssohn-Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (transcribed for organ), Wagner-Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" (transcribed for organ)
    Recorded September 5, 1960 at the Ferenciek Square Fransican Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    Released on 7" - 45 RPM LP only.

  • EP 1569
    Bach-Three Chorale Preludes for Organ on "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (BWV 659-61)
    Recorded April 24, 1958 at the Ferenciek Square Fransican Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    Released on 7" - 45 RPM LP only.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON HLP MK 1510 [Chorale (BWV 659) only]

  • LPK MD 10023

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    Flower Songs [Anonymous-"Standing in Front of Me", "I Won't Forget My Sorrow", "Oh!, Ah!, Lily of the Valley", "Apollo and Diana", "Ooh!, My Lily of the Valley", "Let's Sing to Cypria"/Erzsébet Török, mezzo-soprano; Zoltán Jeney, flute/
    Recorded June 2-3, 1959 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio (?) in Budapest, Hungary.
    Released on 7" - 45 RPM LP only.

  • HLP MK 1510

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    Bach-Cantata "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" (BWV 56)/Magda Tiszay, alto; István Veres, oboe; Hungarian Radio Chorus; Hungarian State Concert Orchestra conducted by Frigyes Sándor/
    Recorded March 25-27, 1958 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON'S MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY HLX 90013

  • HLPX MN 1015

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    Bach-Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor (BWV 1067)/Ferenc Hartai, flute; Orchestra of the Philharmonic Society conducted by Constantin Silvestri/
    Recorded October 18, 1954 at the Hungarian Radio Studio No. 6 in Budapest, Hungary. The harpsichord part was recorded circa 1959 and was dubbed into the recording before its initial LP release.

  • HLPX M 1036

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    Tartini-Concerto for Cello and Strings in D major/Vera Dénes, cello/, Vivaldi-Sinfonia in G major (RV 146), Corelli-Concerto Grosso in G minor "Christmas Concerto" (Op. 6, No. 8)/Vilmos Tátrai, Margit Bardócz, violins; Vera Dénes, cello; Hungarian Chamber Orchestra lead by Vilmos Tátrai/
    Recorded May 10-11, 1960 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    MONITOR MC 2056
    OPERA 1420
    OPERA 71803
    SEVEN SEAS GT 1078 (Japan) [Corelli Concerto only]
    FIDELIO 1901
    HUNGAROTON HLX 490.030 (French edition)
    HUNGAROTON'S MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY SHLX 90030
    HUNGAROTON SLPX 12099 Christmas Concert [Corelli Concerto only]
    HUNGAROTON/ECHO COLLECTION HRC 1012
    HUNGAROTON/ECHO COLLECTION HRC 1005 A Baroque Day-Dream [Corelli Concerto (Pastorale only), Tartini Concerto (first movement only)]
    HUNGAROTON HCD 32281 Karácsonyi Koncert [Corelli Concerto (third movement only)]

  • SLPX 1054

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    Haydn-Concerto for Organ and Orchestra in C major (H. XVIII: 1)/Endre Virágh, harpsichord continuo; Hungarian State Concert Orchestra conducted by Sándor Margittay/
    Recorded February 15, 1961 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    EURODISC S 70813
    MAESTOSO 950103
    HUNGAROTON/ECHO COLLECTION HRC 1022

  • LPX 1057
    Vivaldi-Concerto for Flute and Strings in D major "Il Gardellino" (Op. 10, No.3)/Zoltán Jeney, flute; Tibor Ney, János Radics, violins; Zoltán Sümeghy, viola; András Tokaji, cello; Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio conducted by János Sándor/
    Recorded October 9, 1961 at Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.

  • LPX 1089

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    Sárközy-Julia Songs (Lyrical Cantata in Seven Movements on the Poems of Bálint Balassa)/József Réti, tenor; Attila Lajos, János Kovalcsik, flutes; Hédi Lubik, harp; Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television conducted by Zoltán Vásárhelyi/
    Recorded February 19-22, 1962 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON SLPX 11371

  • SLPX 1102

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    Vivaldi-The Four Seasons [Concerto for Violin and Strings in E major "Spring" (Op. 8, No. 1), Concerto for Violin and Strings in G minor "Summer" (Op. 8, No. 2), Concerto for Violin and Strings in F major "Autumn" (Op. 8, No. 3), Concerto for Violin and Strings in F minor "Winter" (Op. 8, No. 4)]/Dénes Kovács, violin solo; Tibor Ney, János Radics, violins; Klára Szécsi, viola; András Tokaji, cello; Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lamberto Gardelli/
    Recorded April 24-28, 1962 at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    ETERNA 820614
    SEVEN SEAS GT 1078 (Japan)
    HUNGAROTON/CASSICAL DIAMONDS CLD 4009
    HUNGAROTON HCD 32281 Karácsonyi Koncert ["Winter" (first movement only)]

  • LPX 1181

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    Harpsichord Recital [Bach-Concerto after Vivaldi in D major (BWV 972), Italian Concerto (BWV 971), Prokofiev-Prelude (Op. 12, No. 7), Gavotte (Op. 32, No. 3), Rigaudon (Op. 12, No. 3), Four Pieces from "Visions Fugitives" (Op. 22, Nos. 1, 10, 11, 15), Martin-Three Preludes from "Eight Preludes" (Nos. 2, 4, 5), Petrovics-Four Self-Portraits in Masks]
    Recorded December 2-9, 1963 on an Ammer harpsichord at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.

  • SLPX 1214-17

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    Musica Hungarica [Picchi-Ballo ongaro, Anonymous-Three 16th Century Dances/Mihály Eisenbacher, oboe; László Balogh, dulcimer; Márton Göröncsér, József Marton, percussion; András Simor, violin; András Tokaji, cello; conducted by Frigyes Hidas/, Three Student Songs/Erzsébet Török, mezzo-soprano; György Melis, baritone; János Szebenyi, flute; Anna Mauther, viola; Children's Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television conducted by Frigyes Hidas/, Song "Whereto, My Sweetheart"/Judit Sándor, soprano; Péter Hidy, Klára Molnár, violins; András Tokaji, cello; conducted by Frigyes Hidas/, Songs: "In the Year 1774", "Come Back Sweet-Voiced Beautiful Falcon"/Róbert Ilosfalvy, tenor/, Song "Deep Grief"/Stephánia Moldován, soprano/, Kassa Hungarian Dance/Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by György Lehel/]
    Recorded in 1965 in Budapest, Hungary.

  • SLPX 1221

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    Bach-Concerto for Two Harpsichords and Strings in C major (BWV 1061), Concerto for Two Harpsichords and Strings in C minor (BWV 1060)/Hungarian Chamber Orchestra lead by Vilmos Tátrai/, W. F. Bach-Concerto for Two Solo Harpsichords in F major (F. 10)
    Recorded June 30-July 2, 1965 (J.S. Bach) and November 12, 1965 (W. F. Bach) on an Ammer harpsichord at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    Sebestyén performs both harpsichord parts.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/ECHO COLLECTION HRC 1003

  • SLPX 1243

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    Bruce Abel Recital [Rosseter-Song "When Laura Smiles", Dowland-Songs: "Come Again, Sweet Love", "Flow My Tears", "Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find", Campion-Song "There is a Garden in Her Face", Purcell-Songs: "O, Lead Me", "Music For a While", "Turn Then Thine Eyes", Telemann-Songs: "Die Jugend", "Die vergessene Phillis", "Falschheit", "Das Frauenzimmer", "Seltenes Glück", Cantata "Die Hoffnung ist mein Leben"]/Bruce Abel, baritone; János Rolla, violin; Tibor Párkányi, cello; Lászlo Som, double-bass/
    Recorded July 31-August 3, 1965 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.

  • SLPX 11321

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    Boismortier-Sonata for Three Violins in A minor (Op. 34, No. VI)/Péter Komlós, József Sepsey, Sándor Devich, violins/, Trio Sonata in D major (Op. 50, No. VI)/Péter Komlós, violin; Géza Németh, viola; Károly Botvay, cello/, Concerto for Two Oboes and Strings in A minor (Op. 28, No. III)/Péter Pongrácz, Péter Jagasich, oboes; Chamber Orchestra of the Budapest Philharmonic conducted by Miklós Erdélyi/
    Recorded April 28 and May 13, 1967 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/BUDAPEST FX 12295

  • SLPX 11323

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    Buxtehude-Trio Sonata in C minor (BuxWV 262)/Péter Komlós, violin; Géza Németh, viola/, Variations in G major "La Capricciosa" (BuxWV 250)
    Recorded May 12, 1967 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/BUDAPEST FX 12296

  • SLPX 11325

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    Baroque Chamber Music [Muffat-Ciacona, Froberger-Capriccio II, Suite VI "Auf die Mayerin", Hotteterre-Sonata for Oboe and Continuo/Péter Pongrácz, oboe/]
    Recorded April 24 and May 8, 1967 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    BAROQUE MUSIC CLUB BMC 32 The Art of the Chaconne [Muffat-Ciacona only]

  • SLPX 11387-88

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    Vivaldi-Twelve Sonatas for Violin and Continuo (Op. 2) [No. 1 in G minor, No. 2 in A major, No. 3 in D minor, No. 4 in F major, No. 5 in B minor, No. 6 in C major, No. 7 in C minor, No. 8 in G major, No. 9 in E minor, No. 10 in F minor, No. 11 in D major, No. 12 in A minor]/Dénes Kovács, violin; Mária Frank, cello/
    Recorded December 4-7, 1967 and June 8, 1968 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 062 [Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 only]

  • SLPX 11445-46

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    Bach-From "Art of Fugue" (BWV 1080): Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapuncto alla Quinta, Fuga a 2 Clav. rectus, Fuga a 2 Clav. inversus/Zsuzsa Pertis, harpsichord/
    Recorded July 21-August 6, 1969 in Pannonhalma, Hungary.


János Sebestyén and Zsuzsa Pertis
in Budapest, early 1970s.

  • SLPX 11453

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    Rameau-Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts [Premier Concert, Deuxième Concert, Troisième Concert, Quatrième Concert, Cinquième Concert]/Lóránt Kovács, flute; László Mező, cello/
    Recorded September 5-8, 1969 at the Lutheran Church in Győr, Hungary.
    Released in France in deluxe gatefold edition.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/CLASSICAL DIAMONDS CLD 4041

  • SLPX 11458
    Haydn-Symphony No. 27 in G major (H. I: 27)/Hungarian Chamber Orchestra lead by Vilmos Tátrai/
    Recorded October 1969 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 090
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL WLMC 090
    HUNGAROTON/ECHO COLLECTION HRC 1047 The Vienna Classicism in Slow Movements, Vol. 1: Haydn [Haydn-Symphony (second movement only)]

  • SLPX 11466

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    Bach-Flute Sonatas [Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in B minor (BWV 1030), Sonata for Flute and Continuo in E minor (BWV 1034), Sonata for Flute and Continuo in E major (BWV 1035)]/Lóránt Kovács, flute, Ede Banda, cello/
    Recorded December 18-23, 1969 at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON CALB 116-17 (Boxed French edition)
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 119 [Sonata in E minor, Sonata in E major only]


    Flutist Lóránt Kovács showing Dr. Andrew Janovits
    his new recording of Bach sonatas, early 1970s.

  • SLPX 11468

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    Haydn-Divertimenti for Harpsichord, Two Violins and Cello [Divertimento in G major (H. XIV: 13), Divertimento in F major (H. XIV: 9), Divertimento in C major (H. XIV: 7), Divertimento in C major (H. XIV: 4), Divertimento in C major (H. XIV: 8)]/Vilmos Tátrai, György Konrád, violins; Ede Banda, cello/
    Recorded February 10-12, 1970 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    Released in France in deluxe gatefold edition.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON C 11468
    HUNGAROTON/BUDAPEST FX 12300
    HUNGAROTON/DANUBE UD 12300
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 164
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL WLMC 164

  • SLPX 11491-93

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    Music Life in Old Hungary [Picchi-Padoana ditta la ongaro, Wagenseil-Divertimento in E-flat major, Anonymous-Hayduczky from the tablature of Jan of Lublin - ca. 1540, Danza from Oscar Chilesotti's collection]
    Recorded between August 6, 1971 and January 16, 1973 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio and the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.

  • SLPX 11514-15

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    Corelli-Twelve Sonatas for Violin and Continuo (Op. 5) [No. 1 in D major, No. 2 in B-flat major, No. 3 in C major, No. 4 in F major, No. 5 in G minor, No. 6 in A major, No. 7 in D minor, No. 8 in E minor, No. 9 in A major, No. 10 in F major, No. 11 in E major, No. 12 in D minor "La Follia"]/Dénes Kovács, violin; Ede Banda, cello/
    Recorded October 5-20, 1970 at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON GT 1168 [Sonatas Nos. 1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 only] (Japan)
    FIDELIO FL 3318 [Sonatas Nos. 1-6 only]
    FIDELIO CFL 3318 [Sonatas Nos. 1-6 only]
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 167 [Sonatas Nos. 1-6 only]

  • SLPX 11527

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    Haydn-Cantata "Die Erwählung eines Kappellmeisters" (H. XXIVa: 11)/Katalin Szökefalvi-Nagy, soprano; Klára Takáks, mezzo-soprano; Attila Fülöp, tenor; Budapest Madrigal Choir; Hungarian State Orchestra conducted by Ferenc Szekeres/
    Recorded September 20-24, 1970 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    FIDELIO FL 3320
    FIDELIO 1807
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 144

  • SLPX 11533

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    Bach-Flute Sonatas [Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in G minor (BWV 1020), Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E-flat major (BWV 1031), Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in A major (BWV 1032), Sonata for Flute and Continuo in C major (BWV 1033)]/Lóránt Kovács, flute; Ede Banda, cello/
    Recorded March 22-27, 1972 at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON C 11533
    HUNGAROTON CALB 116-17 (Boxed French edition)
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 119 [Sonata in G minor, Sonata in E-flat major, Sonata in C major only]

  • SLPX 11607

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    Durkó-Iconography No. 1 for Two Cellos and Harpsichord/Ede Banda, László Mező, cellos/
    Recorded December 17-19, 1972 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.

  • SLPX 11613

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    Bach-Harpsichord Music [Sonata after Reinken in C major (BWV 966), Sonata after Reinken in A minor (BWV 965), Allegro in E minor (BWV 1019), Adagio in G major (BWV 968), Sonata in D minor (BWV 964)]
    Recorded February 28-March 7, 1972 on a Sperrhake harpsichord at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    Released in France in deluxe gatefold edition.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/CLASSICAL DIAMONDS CLD 4021

  • SLPX 11614-17

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    Haydn-Complete Keyboard Solo Music, Vol. 1 [Sonata in A major (H. XVI: 12/Landon 12), Sonata in G major (H. XVI: 6/Landon 13), Sonata in C major (H. XVI: 3/Landon 14), Sonata in E major (H. XVI: 13/Landon 15), Sonata in D major (H. XVI: 14/Landon 16), Sonata in E-flat major (H. deest./Landon 17), Sonata in E-flat major (H. deest./Landon 18), Sonata in E minor (H. XVI: 47/Landon 19), Variations in D major (H. XVII: 7), Variations in A major (H. XVII: 2)]
    Recorded November 27-December 1, 1972 on a Sperrhake harpsichord at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HISPAVOX 66.401

  • SLPX 11678
    M. Haydn-Offertorium pro festo cuiscunque S'tae Virginis et Martyris/Éva Marton, Katalin Szökefalvi-Nagy, sopranos; Sebestyén, organ; Győr Girls' Choir; Győr Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Miklós Szabó/
    Recorded August 1-5, 1973 at the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pannonhalma, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON/DANUBE UD 11678
    HUNGAROTON HCD 11678

  • SLPX 11699

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    Ránki-Cantus urbis (Oratorio on words by Tibor Déry)/Margit László, soprano; Márta Szirmay, contralto; György Korondy, tenor; Endre Ütö, bass; Gábor Lehotka, organ; Kodály Chorus of Debrecen; Hungarian State Orchestra conducted by András Kórodi/
    Recorded November 14, 1973 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    Composed to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the unification of Budapest (1873-1973).

  • SLPX 12013

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    Geminiani-Sonatas for Guitar and Continuo from "The Art of Playing the Guitar" [No. 1 in C major, No. 2 in C minor, No. 3 in D major, No. 4 in D minor, No. 6 in E minor, No. 10 in G minor]/László Szendrey Karper, guitar; Ede Banda, cello/
    Recorded April 13-19, 1978 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HISPAVOX HH 60.333
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 046 [Sonatas Nos. 1-3 only]

  • SLPX 12106
    Encores! [Albinoni/Giazotto-Adagio for Strings and Organ]/Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra lead by János Rolla/
    Recorded June 13-17, 1978 at the Vác Music School in Vác, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON K28C-139 (Japan)
    HUNGAROTON/WHITE LABEL HRC 060 Encores!
    HUNGAROTON/ECHO COLLECTION HRC 1005 A Baroque Day-Dream
    HUNGAROTON HCD 32281 Karácsonyi Koncert

  • SLPX 12392

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    Cimarosa-Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in B-flat major/Béla Drahos, Attila Nagy, flutes; Ádám Friedrich, István Borza, horns/, Seixas-Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in A major, Anonymous (Seixas' School?)-Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in G minor/Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra lead by János Rolla/
    Recorded March 12-14, 1982 at the Italian Institute of Culture in Budapest, Hungary.
    also released as:
    PORTUGALSOM 860002 [Seixas Concerto, Anonymous Concerto only]
    HUNGAROTON HCD 12392
    HUNGAROTON CO 1593 (Japan)
    STRAUSS/PORTUGALSOM SP 4154 [Seixas Concerto, Anonymous Concerto only]

  • SLPD 12657-58

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    Handel-Sonatas for Violin and Continuo (Op. 1) [No. 1b in D minor, No. 3 in A major, No. 6 in G minor, No. 10 in G minor, No. 12 in F major, No. 13 in D major, "No. 14" in A major, "No. 15" in E major], Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G major (HWV 358)/György Pauk, violin; Mária Frank, cello/
    Recorded June 10-14, 1985 at the Calvary Church in Szombathely, Hungary.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON HCD 12657 [Sonatas Nos. 1b, 3, 6, 10, 12, 13, "14" only]

  • SLPX 12674-75

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    Hommage à Scarlatti [Scarlatti-Sonata for Harpsichord in E major (K. 380)]
    Recorded between November 1984 and March 1985 at the Rottenbiller Street Studio in Budapest, Hungary.
    27 Scarlatti sonatas performed by 27 different artists.

  • SLPX 31320

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    Bach-Concerto Transcriptions for Solo Harpsichord after Vivaldi [Concerto in D major (BWV 972), Concerto in G major (BWV 973), Concerto in G minor (BWV 975), Concerto in C major (BWV 976), Concerto in F major (BWV 978), Concerto in G major (BWV 980)]
    Recorded in 1984 on a Martin Sassman harpsichord after Christian Zell (1728) in Stuttgart, Germany.
    Originally recorded for PANTHEON.
    also released as:
    HUNGAROTON MK 31320
    HUNGAROTON HCD 31332 [also includes Concerto after A. Marcello in D minor (BWV 974), Concerto after Telemann? in G minor (BWV 985)]
    HUNGAROTON HCD 31912 [Concerto in D major, Concerto in C major, Concerto in G major (BWV 980) only]

  • HCD 31464

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    Grand Duett: Music for Two Organs [Galuppi-Sonata in C major, Piazza-Sonata in F major, Terreni-Sonata in D major, Zucchinetti-Concerto in B-flat major/Luigi Celeghin, organ/, Beethoven-Adagio (WoO. 33, No. 1), S. Wesley-Fuga. Alla Capella from Duet in C major, Anonymous-16th Century Hungarian Dances: Hayduczky from the tablature of Jan of Lublin - ca. 1540, Ein Ungerischer Tantz from the tablature of Wolff Heckel - 1556, Ungaresca e saltarello from the tablature of Jacob Paix - 1583, Allemande from the tablature of Pierre Phalèse - 1571, Danza from Oscar Chilesotti's collection, Tantz from a Berlin tablature - 1593, From the tablature of August Nörmiger - 1598: Ihr für G. Annderer Aufftzugk, Ein Ander Teuttscher Tanntz/István Ella, organ/]
    Recorded May 13-16, 1992 on organs by Callido (1785) and Nacchini (1757) at the Basilica della Misericordia in Sant' Elpidio a Mare, Italy.

  • HCD 31738

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    Hasse-Six Concertos for Solo Organ [No. 1 in F major+, No. 2 in G major++, No. 3 in G major+, No. 4 in D major++, No. 5 in F major+, No. 6 in D major++]
    Recorded July 14, 1981 on the Aebi organ (1679-80) at the Church of St. Georg in Ernen, Switzerland+ and January 15, 1996 on the Jehmlich organ (1989) at the House of Arts in Szekszárd, Hungary++.

  • HCD 31912

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    Bach-Concerto Transcriptions for Solo Organ after Vivaldi [Concerto in A minor (BWV 593), Concerto in C major (BWV 594), Concerto in D minor (BWV 596)]
    Recorded January 16-18, 1996 on the Jehmlich organ (1989) at the House of Arts in Szekszárd, Hungary.
    This recording session also included Bach's "Little" Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major (BWV 553), "Little" Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in F major (BWV 556), Fantasy and Fugue in A minor (BWV 561) and Pastorale in F major (BWV 590). Originally recorded for UNICEF.

  • HCD 32167

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    Music for Two Organs from the 18th & 19th Centuries [Steibelt-Sonata in G major, Bonazzi-Pastorale in E-flat major, Sonata in C major, Giussani-Sonata Concertata in G major, Cramer-Sonata in F major, Giordani-Duettino in D major, Clementi-Sonata in B-flat major (Op. 1a, No. 6), Sonata in C major (Op. 14, No. 1), Anonymous-Sonata in E-flat major]/Miklós Spányi, organ/
    Recorded June 17-20, 2002 on a chest organ by the Aquincum Organ Factory, Budapest (1988) and on the Szalay organ (1855) at the Lutheran Church in Tordas, Hungary.
    Sebestyén performs on the chest organ.

     

HUNGAROTON'S MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY   Hungary

  • SHLX 90042

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    Bach-Harpsichord Music [Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (BWV 903), Four Duets: No. 1 in E minor (BWV 802), No. 2 in F major (BWV 803), No. 3 in G major (BWV 804), No. 4 in A minor (BWV 805); Italian Concerto (BWV 971), Concerto after Vivaldi in D major (BWV 972)]
    Recorded February 28-March 7, 1972 on a Sperrhake harpsichord at the Torockó Square Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary.

     

HUNGAROTON VIDEO   Hungary

  • HCV 102

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    A ZENÉN TÚL - Vásáry Tamás zenés beszélgetése Mendelssohnról
    Bach-Chorale Prelude for Organ on "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (BWV 720)
    Recorded in-concert 1996 in the Great Hall of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.
    Released on videotape only.



Sebestyén served as co-editor, assisted in the restoration process and contributed to the program notes for the Bartók Record Archives, volume two of a complete edition of Bartók's recordings. This set includes all surviving non-commericial recordings of Bartók performing and speaking. It was first issued in 1981 as HUNGAROTON LPX 12334-38 and later as HCD 12334-37.


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HUNGAROTON LPX 12334-38.


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János Sebestyén receiving the Grand Prix du Disque for his contributions to the Bartók Record Archives, 1982.


For further information on Sebestyén's career and his role in the revival of the harpsichord in Hungary,
read About This Site and his essay A Short History of Harpsichord Playing in Hungary.

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