Kenneth Gilbert
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Born in Montreal, Quebec, on December 16, 1931, Canadian harpsichordist and organist Kenneth Gilbert began learning the piano at the age of four. He studied at the conservatory with Yvonne Hubert and Gabriel Cusson, and in 1953 won the Prix d'Europe from the Académie de musique de Québec. After advanced studies in Paris with Gaston Litaize, Ruggiero Gerlin, Maurice Duruflé and Nadia Boulanger, and private lessons with Wanda Landowska, he gave organ recitals in the Montreal church and recorded for Radio-Canada before being signed by Baroque Records, for whom he produced albums devoted to the Baroque organ(Organ Baroque Masters, 1964). He then turned his attention to the harpsichord, recording the complete works of François Couperin and programs dedicated to Bach, Rameau, Purcell, Froberger, D'Anglebert, Scarlatti, Soler and Lully. He regularly collaborates with flutists Mario Duschesnes and Jean-Pierre Rampal, violinist Steven Svaryk and oboist Jacques Simard. Between 1981 and 1985, Kenneth Gilbert compiled an anthology of the Livre d'orgue de Montréal, recorded at McGill University. A teacher and organ historian, he is involved in restoration work with musicologist Ãlisabeth Gallat-Morin. Distinguished by many awards and honors, including Officer of the Order of Canada (1986) and Officier des Arts et des Lettres in France, Kenneth Gilbert died in Quebec City on April 16, 2020, at the age of 88.
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- Rameau: Cinq Pièces (1741) - La Livri (Rondeau)
- Rameau: La Dauphine (1747)
- Rameau: Cinq Pièces (1741) - L'Indiscrète (Rondeau)
- Rameau: Cinq Pièces (1741) - L'Agacante
- Concerto for 3 Harpsichords, Strings, and Continuo No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1063: II. Alla Siciliana featuring Lars Ulrik Mortensen
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 2 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 1 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 6 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 5 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 4 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 3 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 8 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program - The Complete Etude-Caprices for 2 Violins (World Premiere Recording): Op. 18 - No. 7 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- All Wieniawski Program: Polonaise In D, Op. 4 featuring Kenneth Gilbert
- Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin - Prelude in A minor
- Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin - Gavotte en A mineur
- Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin - Vénetienne in A
- Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin - Allemandes (I/II) in A minor
- Rameau: Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin / Suite in D Minor-major 1724 - Gigues en rondeau (I/II)
- Rameau: Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin / Suite in D Minor-major 1724 - 3. Courante
- Rameau: Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin / Suite in D Minor-major 1724 - 2. Allemande
- Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin - Menuet in A minor
- Rameau: Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin / Suite in D Minor-major 1724 - 7. Rigaudons
- Rameau: Premier Livre de pieces de clavecin / Suite In D Minor-Major 1724 - 10. La villageoise
