The Easy Winners & Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin

by Itzhak Perlman & Andr茅 Previn

The Easy Winners & Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1975
  • Label: Angel
  • Country: Israel
  • Length: 43:02
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Easy Winners' presents ten pieces by Scott Joplin, arranged for violin by Perlman and performed with Andr茅 Previn at the piano. Previn, a jazz pianist as well as a classical conductor and composer, meets Perlman's classical technique on repertoire drawn from Joplin's piano rags.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, piano, virtuosic, classic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. The Rag-Time Dance (3:09)
  2. The Easy Winners (3:11)
  3. Bethena (A Concert Waltz) (6:33)
  4. Magnetic Rag (4:49)
  5. The Strenuous Life (Rag-Time Two-Step) (3:51)
  6. Joplin: The Entertainer, A Rag Time Two Step (4:08)
  7. Elite Syncopations (3:12)
  8. Solace (7:10)
  9. Pine Apple Rag (3:09)
  10. Sugar Cane (3:44)

Credits

  • Andr茅 Previn - primary artist, piano
  • J. Endicott - artwork by
  • Scott Joplin - composed by
  • Michael Gray - engineer
  • Rory Guy - liner notes
  • Suvi Raj Grubb - producer

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