John Gibbons (harpsichord), D. Stepner (v), L. Jeppesen (vdg) J-P. Rameau: Pièces de Cl. en Concert

The Boston Museum Trio. The instruments used in this recording are from the Musical Instruments Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston John Gibbons harpsichord Harpsichord by Johannes Couchet, Antwerp, 1680 enlarged by Blanchet, Paris, 1758 rebuilt by Taskin, Paris, 1781 from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection. Daniel Stepner baroque violin Violin by Augustin Chappuy, Paris, 1778 unaltered; from the Edwin M. Ripin Collection. Laura Jeppesen viola da gamba Viola da gamba by Claude Pierray, Paris, ca. 1708; bass, seven-.stringed; from the Leslie Lindsay Mason Collection. Recorded in November 1978 in the French Salon of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Released unknown year by Titanic Records Ti/28 Recording engineer: David Griesinger Production Director: Ralph Dopmeyer Jacket: Philidor Press, Boston Liner notes: Paul Guglietti Cover painting: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Le Chapeau Blanc, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Photography: Ralph Dopmeyer Thanks to Robert Tifft the webmaster of the European Revival Harpsichordists ( https://jsebestyen.org/harpsichord/ ) for the LP-documentation and the acoustic material to make this publication possible. Jean-Phippe Rameau 'Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts' SIDE A Premier Concert 00:00 La Coulicam 02:17 La Livri 05:45 Le Vézinet Quatrième Concert 06:16 La Pantomime 11:10 L'Indiscrète 12:36 La Rameau Cinquième Concert 15:36 La Forqueray 17:50 La Cupis 22:48 La Marais SIDE B Deuxième Concert 24:21 La Laborde 27:42 La Boucon 31:23 L'Agaçante 33'04 Menuets Troisième Concert 10'17 37:03 La La Pouplinière 39:52 La Timide 45:13 Tambourins J0HN GIBB0NS studied piano and organ at the Cincinnati Conservatory and the New England Conservatory where he graduated with highest honors. In 1967 he won the Chadwick Medal of the New England Conservatory and the Erwin Bodky Award for performance of early music. As a Fulbright Scholar he studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam. He has performed with the New York Pro Musica, New York Consort of Viols, Boston Camerata, and Boston Symphony Orchestra and has played at the Mo ... nadnock Music Festival and at Tanglewood. He is harpsichordist to the Musical Instruments Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and teaches at the New England Conservatory. He has made recordings for Musical Heritage Society, Cambridge, and Titanic Records. DANIEL STEPNER received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, where he studied violin with Broadus Erle and was concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony. He has distinguished himself as a violinist of great versatility, having performed contemporary music with the Boston Musica Viva; the sonatas of Charles Ives with pianist John Kirkpatrick; and solo works, chamber works and con ... certos from the baroque and classic eras on original instruments with Banchetto Musicale. He has also served as concertmaster of the Civic Symphony of Boston, with whom he played the Stravinsky and Brahms concertos. He teaches at the New England Conservatory, the Longy School and privately. LAURA JEPPESEN earned a master's degree in early music from Yale University in 1971. She then received a Fulbright Scholarship to study the viola da gamba in Ger ... many with Johannes Koch, and spent two subsequent years in Belgium studying with Wieland Kuijken, under the aus ... pices of the Belgian government. She has performed extensively as a baroque violist and as a gambist in the U. S. A. and abroad. She is a member of Banchetto Musicale and the Boston Camerata. She teaches at the New England Conservatory and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.