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Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin | 
| Creators: Scott Joplin, Scott And Daniels, Charles N. Joplin, John Arpin
Label: Compendia
Category: Music
Buy New: $12.98
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 57060
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 1.8
MPN: 1715
UPC: 015095171528
EAN: 0015095171528
ASIN: B000003QWN
Release Date: January 28, 1997
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | The Crush Collision March | | • | Combination March | | • | Harmony Club Waltz | | • | Original Rags | | • | Maple Leaf Rag | | • | Swipesy Cakewalk | | • | Peacherine Rag | | • | Sunflower Slow Drag | | • | The Augustan Club Waltz | | • | The Easy Winners | | • | Cleopha | | • | A Breeze from Alabama | | • | Elite Syncopations |
Disc 2
| • | The Entertainer | | • | The Strenuous Life | | • | March Majestic | | • | Something Doing - John Arpin, Hayden, Scott | | • | Weeping Willow | | • | Palm Leaf Rag | | • | The Favorite | | • | The Sycamore | | • | The Cascades | | • | The Chrysanthemum | | • | Bethena | | • | Bink's Waltz | | • | The Rosebud March |
Disc 3
| • | Leola | | • | Eugenia | | • | Antoinette | | • | The Ragtime Dance | | • | Searchlight Rag | | • | Gladiolus Rag | | • | Lily Queen | | • | Rose Leaf Rag | | • | Heliotrope Bouquet | | • | The Nonpareil | | • | Fig Leaf Rag | | • | Sugarcane | | • | Pineapple Rag |
Disc 4
| • | Wall Street Rag | | • | Solace | | • | Pleasant Moments | | • | Country Club | | • | Euphonic Sounds | | • | Paragon Rag | | • | Stop-Time Rag | | • | Felicity Rag | | • | Scott Joplin's New Rag | | • | Kismet Rag | | • | Magnetic Rag | | • | Reflection Rag | | • | Silver Swan Rag |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
Underpriced, wonderful March 26, 2008
Eric Mankin (Venice, CA)
]I have loved Joshua Rifkin's [[ASIN:B000005IYF Scott Joplin: Piano Rags]interpretations of Joplin's Rags for (to date myself) decades, and love his interpretations. But it's just one one album. And I loved Joplin. And I saw this: all his piano music, price more than reasonable. And asked myself: How bad can it be?
Answer: not bad. In fact excellent. I don't like a very, very few of Arpin's readings: Maple Leaf Rag, as some people have already reported, is done for speed. It was typical of the time, and I think Arpin did it as an exhibit of what people often heard. But Maple Leaf is an isolated example. For the most part, the tempos are leisurely, with beautifully orchestrated mini-hesitations and accelerations. Magnetic Rag is a test piece: it's one of the best pieces of music ever written by an American, and Arpin has it totally. Likewise Solace. Hesitater, go for it: you'll be glad you did. You may not like 100 percent, but you'll be very happy anyway.
A Great Musical Trip to Another Era February 10, 2008
Kurt Sprague
The musical renditions on this CD will transport you back to another, simpler time and place. I enjoyed listening to this very much.
 Great Deal on Great Music February 9, 2008
Eric Justice (Boulder, CO, United States)
We love this collection and it came at such a reasonable price. Our ten month old also seems to enjoy it, especially "Maple Leaf Rag".
 John Arpin plays Scott Joplin January 9, 2008
Barbara Freshley (Akron, Ohio, USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
This CD collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is a treasure. I am a lifetime afficionado of Scott Joplin music, and this is the most enjoyable rendering of his piano works that I have found. John Arpin is superb in his performance. It seems obvious to me that he also treasures Joplin's compositions, because he plays them with great fun and expressiveness, and because he is true to and respectful of the original works. The occasional embellishments added by the performer are tasteful and completely in keeping with the originals. Listening to this collection over and over has inspired me to learn to play all the music it contains. Anyone thinking these pieces are redundant or very similar to all the others, has not listened to them enough. Perhaps this is a genre certain critics don't really appreciate. I admit, I initially had difficulty learning which song was which when listening, but as I learned each better I have come to discern the subtle and distinctive personalities of each. I was reminded by one critic's remarks of the line in "Amadeus" when the Emperor told the composer Mozart that his piece simply had "too many notes." I think each of Joplin's compositions adds something unique to the body of his works.
Ragtime With The Right Feel November 21, 2007
Leafpeeper (Salem, MA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a fan of ragtime since high school (I'm 53 now) I have to say that Arpin really understands Joplin better than most; he gives his interpretations that little extra "oomph" that ragtime needs. Unlike the classical types, Rifkin foremost among them, he realizes that ragtime was originally dance and dance hall music, and plays it with a consistent tempo and strong rhythmic conviction, which is something most pianists don't do. However, as a composer myself, I have to say I am sometimes dismayed by the liberties he takes with the actual notes that Joplin himself wrote! Playing a passage an octave lower or an octave higher than it was originally written may not seem like much, but it changes the whole character of the music. And that's not the least of Arpin's transgressions; if you look at the original sheet music you'll see just how much he changed in his "interpretation". Sure, you can go back to the original piano roll versions, but, given a choice, do you really want to listen to a machine? Great for historical purposes maybe, but . . .
SO here's my question; is this the price we have to pay to get a decent
version of Scott Joplin's rags? Maybe so.
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