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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best interpretation...is NO interpretation,
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This review is from: Scott Joplin: The Entertainer (Audio CD)
This is as PLAIN a Ragtime CD as I've ever heard. No frills, no added notes, no interpretation going on here. Not everyone would like this style-without-a-style, but for me it's the best. I like to listen to these recordings with the sheet music in front of me, to see whether I can catch every note. (OK, so I do the same thing with Palestrina...I'm too left-brained to appreciate music the way musical people do.)
If you enjoy the solace of great ragtime, get a Joshua Rifkin or Dick Hyman CD. But if you crave the essence of Joplin's genius in the straightest, blandest form possible, this is the CD for you. Also, don't dismiss the possibility of listening to a track on this CD, then on the Rifkin CD to develop a keener appreciation of Rifkin's unparalleled Joplin style. "Bethena" is a good one for this, as Rifkin brings so much PASSION to his interpretation. Well, a mechanical piano roll is not going to do that....
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful - A journey in the earth of American Classic Music,
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This disc is a real gem, with its companion "Elite Syncopation".The original rolls are executed with a vintage piano-reproducer Welte-Steinway 1910, and performed part by Scott Joplin himself (six pieces in total for the two CD)and part by other period pianists.
It is a journey in the earth of American Classic Music, the link between the european salon music and the afro american traditional, with a strong classical compositional background as Scott Joplin himself was proud to say. You can listen to it with the real performing style and with an original piano. A revelation.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
BE CAREFUL OF THESE ROLLS, IT'S NOT REALLY HIM!,
By G. Cati "HAIR TODAY, GONE2MOROW!!!" (IM HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE!!!) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Scott Joplin: The Entertainer (Audio CD)
THEY WERE EDITED TO DEATH, IF THERE ARE GREEN WELTE ROLLS, JUST LISTEN TO THEM! SAME WITH GERSHWIN!
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