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Complete Works of Scott Joplin
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Complete Works of Scott Joplin
Audio CD (1993)
by Scott Joplin
Sales Rank: 381438
Price:$3.99
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Album Tracks
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1. Please Say You Will
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2. A Picture Of Her Face
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3. The Great Crush Collision March
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4. Harmony Club Waltz
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5. Combination March
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6. Original Rags
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7. Maple Leaf Rag
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8. Swipesy-Cake Walk
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9. Sunflower Slow Drag
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10. Peachtree Rag
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11. Augustan Club Waltz
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12. The Easy Winners
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13. Cleopha
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14. The Strenuous Life
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Customer Reviews and Comments
Let's clear up something here that Amazon and LaserLight have not--this disc DOES NOT contain the complete works of Scott Joplin. This is just one disc from a set of five that LaserLight put out containing the complete published piano music of Scott Joplin played by Richard Zimmerman. Unfortunately, LaserLight has not numbered the five discs in the set, so each one purports to contain the "complete" works. Very poor organization. (Besides Joplin wrote more than piano music... no Joplin set should be considered "complete" without a full recording of his opera "Treemonisha.") The playing on this disc is fairly good-I've seen Richard Zimmerman perform in person and he's certainly capable of playing ragtime well-but by no means are the recordings here the best interpretation of Joplin's music. Sometimes I feel Zimmerman plays too fast, at other times it sounds jerky, and at other times wrong notes are painfully obvious. Additionally, the sound quality varies from track to track, with some being marred by heavy tape hiss or distortion. These were originally recorded for budget LP's label back in the 1970s (I've seen them on Olympic and Murray Hill labels) and LaserLight has not done much to improve the sound quality. The music's there, and for casual listening on a boombox or car stereo, one might not notice the technical flaws, but on a good stereo system, they significantly detract from the overall listening experience. If you're in the market for Joplin's music, you'd do yourself a favor to ignore this disc (even if the price is inviting) and invest in a better set like Joshua Rifkin's Joplin CD or William Albright's Joplin 2-CD set. Pianist Scott Kirby is currently releasing a complete Joplin set in four volumes, and I'd highly recommened looking into getting those before buying this disc.
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Complete Works of Scott Joplin
Audio CD (1993)
by Scott Joplin
Price:$3.99
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