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Hungarian-German harpsichordist, and founder and conductor of the Capella Agostino Steffani.
Born 15 Sept. 1933 in Budapest, Hungary.
Fled to Austria in Nov. 1956, and lived briefly in Austria and Italy, before receiving a stipend to study at Frankfurt University. In 1962 he was appointed lecturer at the [l312890], becoming the director of the Studio für Alte Musik of the university in 1975, and later professor at the same university. In 1963 he married Siri Rovatkay-Sohns.

ALBUMS


Gregor Joseph Werner - Magdalene Harer · Johannes Euler · Georg Poplutz · Markus Flaig · La Festa Musicale · Lajos Rovatkay*
Salve Reginas • Pastorellas
2021, CD, Album, Audite
Werner* / Birck*, Capella Agostino Steffani, Lajos Rovátkay
Sinfonie, Pastorelle & Sonate
1996, CD, Virgin Veritas, Virgin Veritas
G. B. Pergolesi* / A. Caldara* / A. Vivaldi* - Monika Frimmer, Gloria Banditelli, Gerd Türk, Peter Frank (8), Westfälische Kantorei, Capella Agostino Steffani, Lajos Rovátkay
Stabat Mater, Sonata Al S. Sepolcro
1994, ,
Classical/Baroque/Choral
G.Ph. Telemann* / A. Vivaldi* - Siri Rovatkay-Sohns, Capella Agostino Steffani, Lajos Rovatkay*
Suiten & Concerti
1993, CD, Album, EMI Classics, EMI Classics
Capella Agostino Steffani • Lajos Rovatkay*
Music At The Hanoverian Court / Musik Am Hannoverschen Hofe 1680 - 1710
1992, CD, ,
Baroque
Caldara*, Tuma*, Lajos Rovatkay*
Viennese Pre-Classical - Missa Sanctorum Cosmae Et Damiani & 2 Sonate Da Chiesa
1991,
Johann Joseph Fux / Capella Agostino Steffani, Lajos Rovátkay
Sonate E Sinfonie
1991
Agostino Steffani, Capella Agostino Steffani, Lajos Rovátkay
Enrico Leone / Heinrich der Löwe
1986, ,
Baroque/Opera
Ensemble Messa Di Voce, Lajos Rovátkay
Musik Aus Der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
1981, LP, Camerata (2)
Uccellini* / Castello* / Riccio* / Mussi* / Cecchini* - Ensemble «Messa di Voce»*, Lajos Rovatkay*
Musica Italiana Concertata (Sonaten, Canzonen Und Sinfonien Des Italienischen Frühbarock)
1977, LP, FSM Aulos, FSM Aulos
Kölner Vocal-consort, Musica Antiqua Köln , Leitung: Lajos Rovátkay, Alessandro Grandi
Motetti Concertati
LP, FSM Aulos, FSM Aulos

APPEARANCES +


Bonifazio Graziani* - Winter* • Zumsande* • Euler* • Ludwig* • Grobe*, La Festa Musicale, Collegium Vocale Hannover, Florian Lohmann
Vespro Della Beata Vergine
2019, CD, Arcantus
Various
1000 Classical Masterpieces
2012, 61xCD, Comp + Box, EMI Classics, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Medieval
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi
Ave Maria
2010, ,
Opera/Oratorio/Classical/Baroque/Choral/Romantic
Various
Veličanstveni Glasovi - Nezaboravne Melodije
2007, 5x CD, ,
Schlager/Chanson/Vocal/Contemporary/Classical
Various
100 Best Baroque
2006, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical
Carlo Tessarini / Aura Musicale, Balázs Máté
Contrasto Armonico, Op.X. Introducioni A 4. Op.XI Libro I
2001, CD, Album, Hungaroton Classic
Musica Antiqua Köln, Kölner Vocal-Consort
Sonatas And Motets Of The Italian Baroque
1992, CD, Album, RE, RM, Koch Schwann, Aulos (2)
Caldara* · Porpora* · Durante* / Frimmer*, Popken*, van der Meel*, Mertens*, Kölner Kammerchor, Capella Agostino Steffani, Peter Neumann
Vesperpsalmen Des Italienischen Spätbarock
1988, ,
Choral/Baroque
Heinrich Schütz, Niedersächsischer Singkreis Leitung Willi Träder
Cantiones Sacrae
1965
Alfred Koerppen - Melchior Franck, Niedersächsischer Singkreis conducted by Willi Träder
Alfred Koerppen - Invocationen / Melchior Franck - Hohelied-Motetten
LP, Camerata (2)
Various
Internationale Orgeltagung Hannover 1968
LP, Christophorus
Charles Gounod - Herrenhäuser Chorgemeinschaft, Wilfried Garbers
Cäcilien-Messe
LP, Gat, Alternum