American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb [Original recording reissued]

Joseph Lamb (Composer, Performer), Virginia Eskin (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Joseph Lamb
• Composer: Joseph Lamb
• Audio CD (May 23, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Koch Int'l Classics
• ASIN: B00004SC17
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,175 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Walper House Rag

2. The Alaskan Rag

3. Ragtime Reverie

4. Brown Derbie No.2

5. Alabama Rag

6. Arctic Sunset

7. Bird-Brain Rag

8. Cottontail Rag

9. Hot Cinders

10. Ragtime Bobolink

11. The Old Home Rag

12. Firefly Rag

13. Thouroughbred Rag

14. Toad Stool Rag

15. Sensation

16. Ethiopia

17. Excelsior

18. American Beauty Rag

19. Patricia Rag

20. Nightingale Rag

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite!, December 28, 2002

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This review is from: American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb (Audio CD)

Joseph F. Lamb is generally thought of as one of the three greatest of the classical ragtime composers, the others being Scott Joplin and James Scott. It's a matter of taste, but many rank him almost as highly as Joplin, and this exquisite album shows why. Lamb's rags typically soar with wonderful, reverie-evoking melodies, unmatched in the ragtime canon. These melodies are offset by original, exciting, brisk passages. Virginia Eskin executes these gems wonderfully. She presents them always at the proper tempo and as written, without the filigrees that are so common in ragtime playing (Lamb doesn't need them!). The only drawback -- and it is a very minor one -- is that she sometimes treads a little too heavily on the pedal. This album is essential in even a small ragtime collection. In my large collection, it is one of my favorite and oft-played treasures.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Rags Played with Gusto, August 4, 2002

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tzefirah "tzefirah" (Media, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb (Audio CD)

Up until Joseph Lamb, the only ragtime composer who could satisfy me was Scott Joplin. These rags are excellent and distinctly different from Joplin's, although both composers are obviously from the same genre. According to the liner notes, they even knew each other.

The pianist has a great love of the material, and it shows in her playing.

I highly recommend this CD to all fans of ragtime.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, July 31, 2005

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R. Van Der Kuijl "jeroen" (the netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb (Audio CD)

its a good album but not very good

first of all in several rags virgina doesn't repeat where it says it must. second she plays several rags way to fast. Joe lamb was just like the others that ragtime must not be played fast the feeling get lost in the a rag that is played to fast like ragtime nightingale. I have the sheetmusic myself and it says "slow march tempo" not fast like virginia it plays.

but its a good album she plays with flair and style