Piano Rags by Scott Joplin, Volume II

by Joshua Rifkin

Piano Rags by Scott Joplin, Volume II cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1972
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:06:53
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Joshua Rifkin's second volume of Joplin rags followed his 1970 'Piano Rags by Scott Joplin', the record that ignited the ragtime revival and became the label's first million seller. This set includes 'Bethena', Joplin's concert waltz of 1905.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, melodic, rhythmic, virtuosic, classic

Tracklist

  1. Maple Leaf Rag (1899) (3:13)
  2. The Entertainer (1902) (4:58)
  3. The Ragtime Dance (1906) (3:13)
  4. Gladiolus Rag (1907) (4:24)
  5. Fig Leaf Rag (1908) (4:36)
  6. Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912) (3:07)
  7. Euphonic Sounds (1909) (3:53)
  8. Magnetic Rag (1914) (5:11)
  9. Elite Syncopations (1902) (2:56)
  10. Eugenia (1905) (4:15)
  11. Leola - Two Step (1905) (4:04)
  12. Rose Leaf Rag - A Rag Time Two-Step (1907) (3:56)
  13. Bethena - A Concert Waltz (1905) (5:16)
  14. Paragon Rag (1909) (3:45)
  15. Solace - A Mexican Serenade (1909) (6:40)
  16. Pine Apple Rag (1908) (3:26)

Credits

  • Scott Joplin - primary artist, composed by
  • Joshua Rifkin - primary artist, piano
  • Saul Lambert - cover [art]
  • Robert L. Heimall - cover [design], art direction
  • Joanna Nickrenz - engineer, edited by [tape]
  • Marc J. Aubort - engineer, edited by [tape]
  • Bob Ludwig - lacquer cut by [volume ii], mastered by [volume ii]

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