Released 1987 by Hungaroton SLPD 12780
Harpsichord built by William Dowd, after Flemish models Paris, 1982, a = 415 Hz/cps.
Recorded at the Calvary Church, Szombathe!y (Hungary)
Website of Mikós Spányi

Thanks to Daniël, who let me browse the famous Daniël Beuman harpsichord collection.

Side A Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
—–1. F-dúr concerto BWV 971 “Olasz koncert” Italian Concerto in F major
00:00 [Temp6jelzes neIki.i1 I Without tempo indication]
04:19 Andante BWV 971
09:46 Presto BWV 971
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——2. d-moll concerto BWV 987—-Concerto No. 16 in D minor
Johann Ernst szász-weimari herceg concert6jab6l
from the Concerto by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxon-Weimar
14:15 [Temp6jelzes neIki.i1 I Without tempo indication] – (Presto) – [ (Grave)
15:58 Presto BWV 987
16:19 Grave BWV 987
17:03 Allegro BWV 987
19:30 Adagio BWV 987
20:04 Vivace BWV 987
————————–6’49”——————————-

Side B Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
——— h-moll partita BWV 831——–Partita in B minor (French Ouverture)
21:17 Ouverture BWV 831
29:23 Courante BWV 831
31:35 Gavotte I BWV 831
32:53 Gavotte II BWV 831
34:11 Gavotte I BWV 831
34:51 Passe pied I BWV 831
35:54 Passe pied II BWV 831
36:50 Passe pied I BWV 831
37:26 Sarabande BWV 831
41:35 Bourrée I BWV 831
42:31 Bourée II BWV 831
43:52 Bourrée I BWV 831
44:21 Gigue BWV 831
47:22 Echo BWV 831
————————–29’26”——————————-

Miklós Spányi was born in Budapest in 1962. He
studied at the Bartok Bela Specialized Secondary
School of Music, and at the Liszt Ferenc Academy
of Music in Budapest as a pupil of Ferenc Gergely
(organ) and János Sebestyén (harpsichord). Spanyi
is the first to have taken his diploma at the
Budapest Academy of Music in the harpsichord. He
has also attended master classes of Nicholas
McGegan andJos van Immerseel. In 1983 Mikl6si
Spanyi reached the finals in the international
harpsichord competition in Paris and was awarded _
second place for his continuo performance. In 1984
he took first prize at the international harpsichord
competition in Nantes. He gives regular concerts
both in Hungary and abroad as a solo harpischord
and organ player, and as a member of Capella
Savaria. On Hungaroton recordings he has featured
as a member of this ensemble, with the Liszt
Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, and in the album
“Hommage a Scarlatti” (SLPX 12674-75).

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