Joplin Piano Rags Vol. 1-3: Joshua Rifkin: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Maple Leaf Rag

2. The Entertainer -- A Ragtime Two-Step

3. The Ragtime Dance

4. Gladiolus Rag

5. Fig Leaf Rag

6. Scott Joplin's New Rag

7. Euphonic Sounds -- A Syncopated Novelty

8. Elite Syncopations

9. Bethena -- A Concert Waltz

10. Paragon Rag

11. Solace -- A Mexican Serenade

12. Pine Apple Rag

13. Weeping Willow -- A Ragtime Two-Step

14. The Cascades -- A Rag

15. Country Club -- Ragtime Two-step

16. Stoptime Rag

17. Magnetic Rag -- Syncopations Classiques

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On peut considérer que le pianiste et compositeur américain Scott Joplin est à l'origine du jazz, au même titre que les complaintes du blues ou les litanies du gospel. Son ragtime est devenu la marque de fabrique d'une musique construite et innovante, qui allait donner des bases au jazz. Le pianiste Joshua Rifkin donne ici, au milieu des années 70, 60 ans après la mort de Joplin, une vision décapante de ces "rags". A redécouvrir à la lumière du legs de Joplin. --Eric Frank

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't seek anymore. You arrived at last!, May 8 2004

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joplin Piano Rags Vol. 1-3 (Audio CD)

This idiomatic conception of the best rags of Scott Joplin in the hands of Joshua Rifkin acquire the highest level.
all These selections are of the first rate.
Don't miss.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best Scott Joplin piano rags recording, bar none, Jan 6 2004

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David M. Fox (Port Orchard, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joplin Piano Rags Vol. 1-3 (Audio CD)

I fell in love with this recording as an LP, and still love it as a CD. It is the best recording of Scott Joplin's piano rags I have ever heard. Following the direction of the composer (usually, "NOTE: Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play Ragtime fast."), Rifkin keeps the tempos where they should be - "The Entertainer" on this album will almost make you cry, so perfect is the tempo to bring out the sheer beauty of the piece. Rifkin's use of a proper instrument (a 9' concert grand piano) and his 99.9% attention to playing the pieces precisely as written, coupled with his virtuosity, make this the premier recording of Scott Joplin's masterpieces. Rifkin does take some very minor liberties in a few of the pieces, but they are tasteful and do not detract from the pieces in question. All other Joplin recordings I have heard contain far more, less tasteful embellishments. Nit-picking this CD for the small liberties taken by Rifkin is to overlook the enormous liberties taken by everyone else and misses the point. You can't find a better Joplin recording than this CD.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, Jan 1 2004

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R. Albin (Ann Arbor, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joplin Piano Rags Vol. 1-3 (Audio CD)

This CD is a selection of pieces from three albums made by Rifkin over 25 years ago. These are probably Joplin's best pieces and Rifkin's playing is excellent. In several, the music and Rifkin's musicianship are simply wonderful. The defect of these recordings is that the sound quality is mediocre. A number of tracks are 'hissy.' This is not surprising as these albums were originally issued on the bargain Nonesuch label.
Joplin was clearly a tremendously talented individual with a unique voice. His relatively early death, from tertiary syphlis, may have deprived us of much excellent and distinctly American music.
A final comment on the Nonesuch label. Older listeners will recall Nonesuch as an excellent label. Run by people with adventurous and discriminating taste, Nonesuch issued a wide variety of modestly priced recordings including a lot of early music, non-western music, and contemporary serious music. These recordings often lacked the production qualities of higher end labels but the choice of music and artists was generally excellent. This set of Joplin recordings, which were probably Nonesuch's best-seller, is typical of Nonesuch offerings.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The King of Scott Joplin recordings!
Dear Lovers of Joplin Rags,

You probably are already familiar with the great Nonesuch
LPs by Joshua Rifkin of various of Scott Joplin's rags. Read more

Published on Sep 18 2003 by Mark Porter

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too fast
I bought the vinyls in the seventies, one album was orange. I renewed my interest via this CD.