Piano Cascades [Enhanced]

Product Description
The sweet melodies on the piano will lead you on a watery journey into the heart of the forest. Gentle rain, whispering brooks and sun-dappled streams refresh and revitalize as you approach a glorious waterfall.

Piano Cascades,Dan Gibson,Solitudes,Meditation,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Average customer rating: Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's Ragtime Marvel

Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Scott Joplin: Piano Rags The Greatest Ragtime of the Century Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin ASIN: B000003QWN Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

1. The Crush Collision March
2. Combination March
3. Harmony Club Waltz
4. Original Rags
5. Maple Leaf Rag
6. Swipesy Cakewalk
7. Reacherine Rag
8. Sunflower Slow Drag
9. The Augustan Club Waltz
10. The Easy Winners
11. Cleopha
12. A Breeze From Alabama
13. Elite Syncopations

Tracks:

1. The Entertainer
2. The Strenouous Life
3. March Majestic
4. Something Doing
5. Weaping Willow
6. Patr Leaf Rag
7. The Favorite
8. The Sycamore
9. The Cascades
10. The Chysanthemum
11. Bethena
12. Bink's Waltz
13. The Rosebud March

Tracks:

1. Leola
2. Eugenia
3. Antoinette
4. The Ragtime Dance
5. Searchlight Rag
6. Gladiolus Rag
7. Lily Queen
8. Rose Leaf Rag
9. Heliotrope Bouquet
10. The Nonpareil
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Sugarcane
13. Pineapple Rag

Tracks:

1. Wall Street Rag (1909)
2. Solace (1909)
3. Pleasant Moments (1909)
4. Country Club (1909)
5. Euphonic Moments (1909)
6. Paragon Rag (1909)
7. Stop-Time Rag (1910)
8. Felicity Rag (1911)
9. Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
10. Kismet Rag (1913)
11. Magnetic Rag (1914)
12. Reflection Rag (1917)
13. Silver Swan Rag (1917)

Customer Reviews:

Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags.......2007-08-02

John Arpin delivers excellent performances of Joplin's rags. Not too much interpretation and not a flat presentation exhibited by piano rolls. Perfect for me. I believe Arpin has truly captured Joplin's essence.

The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin.......2007-06-08

John Arpin does a great job with these pieces. The songs carry a consistent sound and are played very close to as-written, which comes and goes with old ragtime pieces. The stamping on Stop-Time Rag doesn't have a consistent sound to it, can be a little distracting. Everything else is great, overall I think that it's a great buy, I'm very happy with it.

Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces.......2007-05-31

Once again, another performer feels the need to rewrite the music of the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin spins in his grave each and every time this recording is played.

Again, to those who believe that concert music is meant to be rewritten by each and every performer I ask, is the same treatment also acceptable for Chopin's and Rachmaninoff's music? Would "Moonlight Sonata" sound better if played at twice the tempo and with a reprise of the first Adagio movement thrown in at the end? Obviously, the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!, so why does one of America's greatest composers get such disrespect?

Interpretation is an integral part of every performance. Adding one's own notes, phrases and chords where none should be is not. Randomly changing the structure of the piece is not. Playing a piece at twice the indicated tempo is not.

One the plus side, the depth of this collection is outstanding. Joplin's lesser known pieces like "Harmony Club Waltz" really shine. The recording is decent in quality, although a bit bassy in places.

While its been stated before, I feel its worth repeating: Buy Joshua Rifkin's performances of Joplin in order to hear how the Master intended his pieces to sound.

complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's.......2007-02-14

Although all of the music is terrific it is rather a lot of a similar sound. I think I would have preferred 2 CD's of selected piano works of Scott Joplin. But I did get the music at a good price.

Ragtime Marvel.......2005-10-09

This collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is outstanding. As a lover of ragtime which was a prelude to jazz, I am thoroughly enjoying this collection. If you are not a lover of jazz, you may be a lover of ragtime. Jazz can sometimes be grating on the nerves, whereas ragtime lifts the spirit.

Average customer rating: Another winner wonderful retreat to nature Natural and Relaxing Beautiful

Piano Cascades Dan Gibson Manufacturer: Solitudes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Environmental | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Forest Piano Songbirds at Sunrise Whispering Woods Stream of Dreams Appalachian Mountain Suite ASIN: B00004RGUI Release Date: 1998-07-01

Tracks:

1. Nurturing Rain (6:26)
2. Wishing (6:41)
3. Winged Realm (7:13)
4. Streams of Hope (6:18)
5. Woodland Meditation (6:51)
6. Midnight Blue (6:08)
7. Heart of the Forest (6:57)
8. Cascades (6:57)

Product Description

Solo piano melodies will lead you on a journey into the heart of the forest. Gentle rain, whispering brooks and sun-dappled streams refresh as you approach a glorious waterfall. Instrumentation includes piano.

Customer Reviews:

Another winner.......2007-07-07

Another winner among Gibson's productions. Songbirds at Sunrise, Piano Songbirds, Appalachian Mountain Suite and Forest Guitar are also highly recommended

wonderful retreat to nature.......2004-07-27

The piano is so beautiful and sweet! It takes you miles away to the heart of forest, where there are big waterfall and cool stream. I highly recommend this. This is my favorite Solitudes album.If you would like take yourself out of the busy work to a paradise forest, get this CD.

Natural and Relaxing.......2003-10-13

You can use this CD while you are reading or relaxing, it will help more to relax if you release your mind and listen to it in an open area.

Beautiful.......2000-12-08

This is a very nice CD featuring the sounds of water accompanied by piano. Whether it's raining, next to a creek or in a boat calmly rowing down the river, it's always accomponied by a wonderful piano solo. It finishes with a slow ascent to a waterfall and if you close your eyes, you'd think you were realy there. If you love piano, you'll love this CD.

Average customer rating: Scott and I Smile What the heck??? More Than Excellent

Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin The Greatest Ragtime of the Century The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Scott Joplin: Piano Rags Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 ASIN: B0009J4OAO Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Original Rags
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. Easy Winners
4. Elite Syncopations
5. The Entertainer
6. The Cascades
7. Bethena
8. Leola
9. Gladiolas
10. Searchlight
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Sugar Cane
13. Euphonic Sounds
14. Paragon Rag
15. Solace
16. Wall Street Rag
17. Treemonisha
18. Magnetic Rag

Album Description

Celebrate the diversity of American music with RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN, a comprehensive collection of 18 pieces by one of ragtime's greatest composers. From his signature hit "Maple Leaf Rag" to classics such as "The Entertainer" and "Wall Street Rag", RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN contains some of the most revered tunes in musical history and will be treasured by music fans for years to come.

Customer Reviews:

Scott and I Smile.......2007-08-01

Rich, yet not cloying
Aggressive, yet reflective
Bouncy, yet wistfully romantic
Robert Strickland transports the soul of Scott Joplin's Ragtime
Scott and I smile.

What the heck???.......2007-03-20

Music is great, as is the playing. However, the last song is not Magnetic Rag but rather the same version of Maple Leaf Rag heard earlier on the album.

What is with that?

More Than Excellent.......2006-08-16

I had previously purchased a Scott Joplin CD and was disappointed by the dull quality and dispirited playing by the artist. This CD more than makes up for it. The music was beautifully performed and the recording was very clear. Every piece was perfect!

Average customer rating: little disappointed Dick Hyman has captored the essence of Scott Joplin...

Scott Joplin: Piano Works, 1899-1904 Dick Hyman , and Charles N. Joplin Scott and Daniels Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dick Hyman Plays Fats Waller Stridemonster! If Bix Played Gershwin Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 3: Music of 1937 Now and Again ASIN: B000003ESR Release Date: 1989-11-03

Tracks:

1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Original Rags
3. Swipesy
4. Peacherine Rag
5. The Easy Winners
6. Sunflower Slow Drag
7. The Entertainer
8. Elite Syncopations
9. The Strenuous Life
10. A Breeze From Alabama
11. Palm Leaf Rag
12. Something Doing
13. Weeping Willow
14. The Chrysanthemum
15. The Cascades
16. The Sycamore

Customer Reviews:

little disappointed.......2001-11-14

Don't get me wrong. Dick Hyman is really great in what he's doing. The pieces are brilliantly performed. But it's not my taste. He's playing 100s of staccatos where Scott Joplin never wrote a point on his sheets thus taking the drive off the songs. Songs and parts of songs that should sound strong just sound way too "dolce". All in all the whole cd is too soft and too slow. Yes, Scott Joplin said never play Ragtime too fast. But songs like the Entertainer or Elite Syncopations should in my opinion be played "faster" to have a drive. I used to play the songs myself. It's just more fun when you play them faster and louder - with more energy.

This cd is for you when you like quiet and mellow music and like to drink tea while listening to it.
If you like barrelhouse music - what ragtime is supposed to be - then buy another cd like "the Sting" soundtrack or Scott Joplin played by Richard Zimmerman.

Dick Hyman has captored the essence of Scott Joplin..........2000-10-13

Jazz arranger and stride pianist Dick Hyman has captured the essence of Scott Joplin, playing such classics as "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer," as well as many lesser known but still highly enjoyable tunes. Just like Joplin would say never play a rag too fast, Hyman plays at the perfect tempo, never too fast. Hyman proves not only to be a fine stride painist but a superb ragtime painist. Although there is no improvisation here, ragtime is completely written out, there is plenty of syncopation and joyous sounds here to keep the jazz collector happy. this CD is highly recomended as a great introduction to the music of Scott Joplin and the playing of Dick Hyman.

Also try Dick Hyman's tribute CD to Fats Waller. And if you like Ragtime don't miss out on the incredible Paragon Ragtime Orchestra which re-creates bands like Arthur Pryor's Orchestra from the ragtime era.

Average customer rating: Available at retailers for about $18 A classic compilation A dis-service to Joplin Unique Great set

Scott Joplin: His Complete Works Manufacturer: Bescol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Scott Joplin: Piano Rags Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls Joplin: Treemonisha Joplin: Piano Rags ASIN: B000001RR2 Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

1. Please Say You Will - Richard Zimmerman
2. A Picture Of Her Face - Richard Zimmerman
3. The Great Crush Collision March - Richard Zimmerman
4. Harmony Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
5. Combination March - Richard Zimmerman
6. Original Rags - Richard Zimmerman
7. Maple Leaf Rag - Richard Zimmerman
8. Swipesy - Cake Walk - Richard Zimmerman
9. Sunflower Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
10. Peacherine Rag - Richard Zimmerman
11. Augustan Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
12. The Easy Winners - Richard Zimmerman
13. Cleopha - Richard Zimmerman
14. The Strenuous Life - Richard Zimmerman
15. I Am Thinking Of My Pickanniny Days - Richard Zimmerman
16. The Ragtime Dance - Richard Zimmerman
17. A Breeze From Alabama - Richard Zimmerman
18. Elite Syncopations - Richard Zimmerman

Tracks:

1. March Majestic - S. Joplin
2. The Entertainer - S. Joplin
3. Something Doing - S. Joplin
4. Weeping Willow - S. Joplin
5. Little Black Baby - S. Joplin
6. Palm Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
7. The Favorite - S. Joplin
8. The Sycamore - S. Joplin
9. The Cascades - S. Joplin
10. The Chrysanthemum - S. Joplin
11. Rosebud March - S. Joplin
12. Bethena - S. Joplin
13. Leola - S. Joplin
14. Sarah Dear - S. Joplin
15. Binks Waltz - S. Joplin
16. Eugenia - S. Joplin
17. Antoinette - S. Joplin
18. Snoring Sampson - S. Joplin

Tracks:

1. Gladiolus Rag - S. Joplin
2. Searchlight Rag - S. Joplin
3. The Nonpareil (None to Equal) - S. Joplin
4. When Your Hair Is Like The Snow - S. Joplin
5. Rose Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
6. Heliotrope Bouquet - S. Joplin
7. School Of Ragtime - S. Joplin
8. Fig Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
9. Sugar Cane - S. Joplin
10. Pine Apple Rag - S. Joplin
11. Wall Street Rag - S. Joplin
12. Solace - S. Joplin
13. Pleasant Moments - S. Joplin
14. Country Club - S. Joplin
15. Paragon Rag - S. Joplin
16. Euphonic Sounds - S. Joplin
17. Stoptime Rag - S. Joplin
18. Felicity Rag - S. Joplin

Tracks:

1. Highlights From Treemonisha - Richard Zimmerman
2. A Real Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
3. Prelude To Act 3 - Richard Zimmerman
4. Frolic Of The Bears - Richard Zimmerman
5. Lovin' Babe - Richard Zimmerman
6. Scott Joplin's New Rag - Richard Zimmerman
7. Kismet Rag - Richard Zimmerman
8. Magnetic Rag - Richard Zimmerman
9. Reflection Rag - Richard Zimmerman
10. Silver Swan Rag - Richard Zimmerman
11. Lily Queen - Richard Zimmerman
12. Sensation - Richard Zimmerman

Customer Reviews:

Available at retailers for about $18.......2006-12-21

Excellent collection - but there are re-sellers listed here that are selling this for as much $50 or $60. Yikes, most major retailers are selling this complete set for $18 - so beware.

A classic compilation.......2006-10-07

This collection is one of my most treasured possessions. (My father gave me the original 5-album set in the 70's when it was originally released on vinyl.)

This is the definitive collection of Scott Joplin's work. Richard Zimmerman provides wonderful performances that accurately reflect Joplin's intentions. (As evidence beyond my personal opinion, I submit the recent releases of digital recordings made from Joplin's piano rolls.)

A few points to consider regarding negative comments you may encounter in other reviews:
* This is a digital recording from an analog master. Lack of quality in the recording does not imply a lackluster performance.
* This is a complete collection. Some similarity is due to Joplin re-exploring melodic themes. But some is due to the fact that these are "rags". One might as well complain that all 50's doo-wop (or all 70's disco) sounds the same.
* Many pieces of the period exhibit formal musical structures, such as the marches of John Phillips Sousa. (Both Sousa and Joplin performed at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.) Actually, Joplin is responsible for extending the formal boundaries of ragtime to concert waltzes (Bethena) and opera (A Guest of Honor, Treemonisha)
* This is probably one of the few collections which will include selections from "Treemonisha". It is my understanding that after the initial release, one of Joplin's descendants made a copyright claim that was upheld in court. (I presume the issue was that Joplin had to finance "Treemonisha" himself, and therefore the customary performance clearances did not cover those selections.)

For ragtime students and enthusiasts, this is a "must-have" collection at a very affordable price.

A dis-service to Joplin.......2006-02-01

Sadly, the only virtue this set possesses is completeness.

The pianist does not play Joplin's pieces "as written", the piano is of poor quality, and not properly in tune.

This is emphatically NOT the set to buy. A far better set, beautifully annotated and well played on a good concert grand piano, is the complete works played by Guido Nielsen on the Basta Label.

This set is a dis-service to Joplin and his music. He deserves better, and gets it elsewhere.

Unique .......2004-10-19

I have several cd sets of Joplin's music: Rifkin, Arpo, Nielsen, and Zimmerman. All have their excellent qualities. What sets Zimmerman's set apart is the inclusion of excerpts from Joplin's opera, Treemonisha---especially "A Real Slow Drag." Why the other sets do not include excerpts from Treemonisha, I don't know---because they are some of his most beautiful and joyful pieces of music. Of course, you can hear the orchestrated version of Treemonisha in the Houston Grand Opera recording, and it is spectacular. But Zimmerman's piano version, especially of "A Real Slow Drag," is not to be missed.

Great set.......2001-10-16

I guess this will be a rather one sided review. I have been a fan of Scott Joplin since I first learned to play a piano.

I was shocked to see that one reviewer thought it all sounded the same. How silly. All of Frank Sinatra's music sounds like Frank Sinatra. All of Led Zeppelin sounds like Led Zeppelin. So, if the songs were drastically different, I would question if the same author composed them. As it is, though, each song on this set is fantastic!!

I don't know that I have heard of Richard Zimmerman, and I was a little leary as to what I would be getting, I certainly was impressed. Without a doubt the best renditions of "Weeping Willow" and "Bethena" I have heard, and at least a dozen songs I didn't know Joplin wrote.

Without a doubt, this album is fantastic. A very good price, as well.

Average customer rating: great collection, old recordings Good Music!! I found it !! A must for anyone who apreciates Ragtime Some wonderful pieces in this collection

Joplin: The Red Back Book / Schuller, Grierson, New England Ragtime Conservatory, Southland Stingers Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Scott Joplin: Piano Rags Knockout Drops The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (finally) Plays "The Entertainer" The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Turn-of-the-Century Cornet Favorites ASIN: B000002SJG Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. The Red Back Book: The Cascades - Gunther Schuller
2. The Red Back Book: Sun Flower Slow Drag - Gunther Schuller
3. The Red Back Book: The Chrysanthemum - Gunther Schuller
4. The Red Back Book: The Rag Time Dance - Gunther Schuller
5. The Red Back Book: Sugar Cane - Gunther Schuller
6. The Red Back Book: The Easy Winners - Gunther Schuller
7. The Red Back Book: The Entertainer - Gunther Schuller
8. The Red Back Book: Maple Leaf Rag - Gunther Schuller
9. Elite Syncopations - George Sponhaltz
10. Elite Syncopations: Heliotrope Bouquet - George Sponhaltz
11. Elite Syncopations: The Nonpareil - George Sponhaltz
12. Elite Syncopations: The Strenuous Life - George Sponhaltz
13. Elite Syncopations: Binks' Waltz - George Sponhaltz
14. Elite Syncopations: The Sycamore - George Sponhaltz
15. Elite Syncopations: Eugenia - George Sponhaltz
16. Elite Syncopations: Something Doing - George Sponhaltz

Customer Reviews:

great collection, old recordings.......2007-01-09

I am enjoying this CD, though I hadn't expected the recordings to be so old. The sound quality is good, nevertheless. Good choice for a ragtime fan.

Good Music!!.......2005-09-09

Any fan of ragtime music will enjoy this!! It's interesting and enlightening take on ragtime piano.

I found it !!.......2001-05-26

I, too, grew up listening to an old castte tape of this recording. I have been looking for the cd for many years. Why didn't I look for it at Amazon before ?!

This is a recording that makes any moment a pleasant and joyful time. You will never stop listening to it for years and still enjoy every track as the first time. It is so light... You will also enjoy the charming sound of each instrument, and you'll shurely discover a whole new aproach to Joplin's music as a band, rather than the original piano. Of course, the piano versions stand for themselves, but the deep bass lines, the charming flutes, the rithm of drums, you could almost belive it could have originally been written for a band.

A must for anyone who apreciates Ragtime.......2000-01-07

Anyone who apreciates the Ragtime music of Scott Joplin should own a copy of the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble. I grew up listening to an old cassette recording of the Ensemble and was so excited to find that a CD was still available. It is wonderful and exciting to hear Ragtime played by an entire enseble of instuments, rather than just a piano. Once again, a must for any lover of Ragtime.

Some wonderful pieces in this collection.......1999-10-02

Two words..."Bink's Waltz" worth the price of admission here. While an entire CD of these songs begins to feel strident, this music is very evocative--a brave wash of gaiety over sadness. A good addition to any collection of "American" music. Hope the Ragtime Conservatory records more. J. Makil

Average customer rating: It doesn't get better than this. starting over starting over excellence Cornet Favorites

Cornet Favorites Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trumpet | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Turn-of-the-Century Cornet Favorites Carnaval Herbert L. Clarke: Original Recordings 1907-21 The Legendary Trumpet Virtuosity of Rafael Mendez The American Brass Band Journal ASIN: B000005IYD Release Date: 1992-05-27

Tracks:

1. From The Shores Of The Mighty Pacific: Rondo Caprice
2. Sounds From The Hudson: Valse Brillante
3. Willow Echoes
4. The Carnival Of Venice: Fantaisie And Variations
5. At The Beach: Concert Waltz
6. The Debutante: Caprice Brillante
7. Slavische Fantasie
8. The Bride Of The Waves: Polka Brillante
9. Cousins
10. Exposition Echoes: Polka
11. The Maid Of The Mist: Polka
12. Trombone Family: A) Shoutin' Liza Trombone - One Step (Mose Tombone's Ah-finity) B) Teddy Trombone - A Brother To Miss Trombone (Trombone Solo)
13. The Cascades: Polka Brilliant

Customer Reviews:

It doesn't get better than this........2001-08-01

I first bought this recording on vinyl back in 1975. Gerard Schwartz has since moved on to a career in conducting, but as this recording shows, he's a true Master of his craft. I'm a trumpet player and I know what a good sound is. This guy's got it!

More than technical perfection, the tunes are delivered with delicacy, grace and power.

starting over.......2001-07-03

This is a very good cd for a trumpet player. Many songs of Herbert L. Clarke and Jean Babtiste Arban are there in their familiar versions. If you get this cd, you ought to get Cornet Favorites also. The solos on both cd's stick to the versions found in Arban's Complete Conservatory Method and Clarke's 24 Charateristic Studies, so you can follow them note for note. Carnaval has wind symphony accompaniment and Cornet Favorites has piano accompaniment.

starting over.......2001-07-03

If you have the Arban Complete Conservatory Method and Herbert Clarke's 24 Characteristic Studies, then you have the versions of the solos that are played on this cd, and can benefit from hearing them played. All songs use piano accompaniment so you will have no trouble hearing the cornet. Carnaval (Winton Marsalis) has some of the same songs, but the cornet is harder to hear because of the wind symphony accompniment.

excellence.......2000-05-30

This is the best verison of Carnival I have heard. Classic Wynton also provides a fantastic interpretation on the most difficult trumpet solo of all time. But Schwarz shows amazing control, fantastic percision, and baffling dexterity. The Debutante and the Bride, etc. are also impressive. Its a shame Schwarz gave up trumpet to conduct. Having played these songs myself, I definitely recommend it to any classical trumpet enthusiast/student

Cornet Favorites.......1999-12-28

I enjoyed the cd because of the literature being performed. However, Schwarz's performance is mediocre and lacks luster. The sound is dull and uninviteing.The tempos were unusal and it felt there was no ensemble with the trumpet and piano performance.
I felt there was not a musical product produced in this recording.

Average customer rating: Why is there the sound of water running in the back ground? Apocalypse on earth, the New Jerusalem in our hearts

Beethoven's 9th Symphony with Refreshing Cascades Manufacturer: Ent. Media Partners ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Bagatelles | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Meditation Music | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Symphonies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Meditation | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Meditation | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000031KH7 Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

1. Symphony No.9 In D Minor Op.125: Adagio Molto E Cantabile - Philharmonia Slavonica/Eugen Duvier/The Bratislava State Opera
2. Symphony No.2 In D Major, Op.36: Larghetto - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Alfred Scholz
3. Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 'Pastoral' - South German Philharmonic/Henry Adolph
4. Concerto For Piano No.1 In C Major, Op.15: Largo - Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana/Anton Nanut/Dubravka Tomsic
5. Trio For Piano, Clarinet And Violoncello In B Major, Op.11: Andante Cantabile Ma Pero Con Moto - Bamberg Trio
6. Bagatelle, No.25 In A Minor, Op.33 'Fur Elise' - Hugo Steurer
7. Six Minuets For Clavier: Minuet In G Major - Hugo Steurer

Customer Reviews:

Why is there the sound of water running in the back ground?.......2003-11-01

Is the sink running or is the toilet valve stuck?

Apocalypse on earth, the New Jerusalem in our hearts.......2002-08-09

This is Beethoven's real musical testament. It starts with the witches of Macbeth who are the knocking of fate at the gate of the New Jerusalem of the Apocalypse Beethoven would like to see - one day, though he knows he won't - built on earth. This symphony is this Apocalypse itself and aims at building the music of that New Jerusalem on earth that no one will understand and appreciate before the ringing of the seven trumpets of all the dramas of our modern European and universal history. Then we delve into the false illusions of men dancing and celebrating the liberation of Europe from the dictator Napoleon, false illusions that are short-lived and nothing but a moquery or a masque to cover up and hide the deep nature of the forces rising behind the smokescreen of military or political victories, any advance in historical liberation leading to a relapse in tyranny : the going back to the old ancient dictatorship of absolute power founded on the caprices and whimsical tempers of the few who govern rather than on the laws and reason of nature and man seen as a divine creative adventure. Fate is a jester, a clown and people are gullible and blind, maybe deaf to the voices of their hearts and souls. It becomes like a danse macabre akin to pure folly, walking headlong to their own destruction or enslavement while thinking it is the road to light and freedom. So, to step beyond that fatality we must, along with Beethoven, go down into our hearts and find the faith and the strength only our souls can provide. From the heart must the only force arise we need to create that new free equal world of liberated deep-felt and deep-feeling beings that can impose love over hate, peace over war, joy over mourning and sadness. And, after a quick survey of the first three moments, all rejected, we slowly slide into the fourth dimension and its four voices borrowed and amplified from Friedrich Schiller. There Beethoven becomes the real « sound-poet » he always claimed to be, associating voice, words and music to evoke the long trail that will open in front of us. A trail we cannot enter if we are not friends, first opening word, brothers and sisters in faith and conviction, millions in number. This trail is only open to humanity as a whole and Beethoven is the prophet of it with Schiller's words. We will have to face our sins and the dragon of all evils that will try to get us off the right road, but the music leads us to victory, up and away on our pilgrim's progress to the Jerusalem we dream of, we will build beyond the greed and envy of those who roam around to steal our destiny from us, a destiny that can only stand firm if we stand firmly together in our brotherhood that implies an all-powerful father inspiring us and our lives. An everlasting masterpiece of inspiration and enlightenment, of musical utopia and human longing.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

Average customer rating: Discovering rag time

Best of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Golden Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00013NDJG Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Entertainer
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. Swipsey
4. Sunflower Flow Drag
5. Easy Winners
6. Ragtime Dance
7. Cascades
8. Bethena
9. Gladiolus Rag
10. Heliotrope Bouquet
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Pineapple Rag
13. Solace
14. Euphonic Sounds
15. Stoptime Rag
16. Scott Joplin's New Rag

Tracks:

1. Breeze from Alabama
2. Bink's Waltz
3. Original Rags
4. Crush Collision March
5. Strenuous Life
6. Paragon Rag
7. Eugenia
8. Sensation
9. (The) Nonpareil
10. Wall Street Rag
11. Antoinette
12. Combination March
13. Felicity
14. Palm Leaf Rag
15. Sugar Cane Rag
16. Search-Light Rag
17. Favorite

Customer Reviews:

Discovering rag time.......2007-02-22

My husband, an Englishman, one day announced he'd heard the most incredible music by Scott Joplin. I bought this CD for him, and he's really enjoyed listening.

Average customer rating:

The Complete Rags of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000FNA Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Original Rags
3. The Favorite
4. The Easy Winners
5. Peacherine Rag
6. The Entertainer
7. The Strenuous Life
8. Elite Syncopations
9. A Breeze From Alabama
10. Palm Leaf Rag
11. Weeping Willow
12. The Cascades
13. The Sycamore
14. The Chrysanthemum
15. Leola
16. Eugenia

Tracks:

1. The Ragtime Dance
2. Nonpareil
3. Reflection Rag
4. Gladiolus Rag
5. Searchlight Rag
6. Rose Leaf Rag
7. Pine Apple Rag
8. Fig Leaf Rag
9. Sugar Cane
10. Country Club
11. Paragon Rag
12. Wall Street Rag
13. Euphonic Sounds
14. Solace
15. Stoptime
16. Scott Joplin's New Rag
17. Silver Swan Rag
18. Magnetic Rag

Amazon.com

This two-disc set is billed as Joplin's "complete rags," which isn't quite true--there are several more in William Albright's Joplin: Marches, Waltzes & Rags. But there are 34 rags in this set, most of them essential bits of Americana. I had been partial to a Joplin set by Richard Zimmerman, which was very stylishly played. But Albright's playing is just as stylish and he's much better recorded on a much better piano, which this music deserves. Two CDs of Joplin rags might be a bit much for some people, who might be better served with Bolcom (Omega OCD 3001) or Arpin (Pro Arte CDD 397). But for real Joplin lovers, this set is a treat all the way through. --Leslie Gerber

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