Composer: Scott Joplin
Performer: Phillip Dyson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4830134
Release: 2022
Size: 4.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. The Great Crush Collision March
02. Combination March
03. Harmony Club Waltz
04. Original Rags (Arr. Daniels for Piano)
05. Maple Leaf Rag
06. Peacherine Rag
07. Augustan Club Waltz
08. The Easy Winners
09. Cleopha
10. A Breeze from Alabama
11. Elite Syncopations
12. The Entertainer
13. March Majestic
14. The Strenuous Life
15. Weeping Willow
16. Palm Leaf Rag
17. The Favorite
18. The Sycamore
19. The Cascades
20. The Chrysanthemum
21. Bethena: A Concert Waltz
22. The Rosebud March
23. Leola
24. Binks’ Waltz
25. Eugenia
26. Antoinette
27. Ragtime Dance
28. Gladiolus Rag
29. Nonpareil
30. Sugar Cane Rag
31. Pineapple Rag
32. Wall Street Rag
33. Solace – A Mexican Serenade
34. Pleasant Moments
35. Country Club
36. Euphonic Sounds
37. Paragon Rag
38. Stoptime Rag
39. Scott Joplin’s New Rag
40. Magnetic Rag
41. Reflection Rag
42. Swipesy
43. Sunflower Slow Drag
44. Something Doing
45. Lily Queen
46. Heliotrope Bouquet
47. Felicity Rag
48. Kismet Rag
49. Sensation (Arr. Joplin for Piano)
50. Silver Swan Rag
51. Fig Leaf Rag
52. Rose Leaf Rag
53. Searchlight Rag
3 Pieces from Treemonisha
54. 1. Frolic of the Bears
55. 2. Prelude to Act 3
56. 3. A Real Slow Drag
Dubbed the “King of Ragtime”, Scott Joplin (ca. 1868-1917) was one of the most important and influential composers at the turn of the 20th century. At age seven, he discovered a piano in a neighbour’s house and began experimenting with it by ear. In 1897, Joplin had his breakthrough, when he completed his Maple Leaf Rag.
Phillip Dyson, recognised as one of Britain’s most sought after and innovative concert pianists and broadcasts regularly, has recorded the Joplin’s complete piano works for Decca, reaffirming Joplin’s reputation as a serious and influential American composer. Joplin’s music has prevailed. Ragtime scholars and speciality pianists have kept his memory alive for decades. His rags, marches and waltzes are securely ensconced in the piano repertoire.