Best of Scott Joplin

On this CD:

1. Maple Leaf Rag for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

2. Solace, a Mexican serenade for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

3. The Entertainer, for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

4. Magnetic Rag for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

5. Bethena, a concert waltz for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

6. Stoptime Rag for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

7. The Easy Winners, for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

8. Elite Syncopations for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

9. The Ragtime Dance, for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

10. Heliotrope Bouquet, for piano
Composed by Scott and Chauvin, Louis Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

11. Cleopha, march & two-step for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

12. Weeping Willow for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

13. Wall Street Rag for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

14. Pine Apple Rag for piano
Composed by Scott Joplin
Performed by John Arpin

Tracks:

Main Title (Star Wars) - John Williams
Princess Leia's (Star Wars) - John Williams
Love Story Theme
Gentle On My Mind
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Wichita Lineman
Those Were The Days
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Maple Leaf Rag
Seventy-Six Trombones (The Music Man) - John Williams
Hoe-Down (Rodeo) - John Williams
Waltz Of The Flowers (Nutcracker Suite)
Jesu Joy Of Men's Desiring (Cantata BWV 147)
Artist's Life
The Stars And Stripes Forever

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

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Great compilation
A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

Manufacturer: Drg
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005Q6IN
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
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Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
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Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
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The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

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4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

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It contains songs not on other CD.
The Best Of The Mantovani Orchestra
The Best of the Mantovani Orchestra (vol 1 & 2)
Poor Recording
Top of the "Beautiful Music" Heap

Best of the Mantovani Orchestra

Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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Mantovani's Golden Hits
Many Moods of the Mantovani Orchestra
The Best Ever Mantovani Collection
The Ultimate Collection
Melodies of Love

ASIN: B000000L5X
Release Date: 1994-09-12

Tracks:

Some Enchanted Evening
Three Coins In The Fountain
The Impossible Dream
More
Send In The Clowns
Charmaine
Somewhere My Love
Elizabethan Serenade
Carnival Of Venice
Overture-Die Fledermaus
Merry Widow Waltz
Summertime In Venice

Tracks:

The Shadow Of Your Smile
The Sound Of Music
Italian Fantasy
For Once In My Life
Swedish Rhapsody
I've Grown Accustomed To His Face
The Entertainer
For Once In My Life
Skater's Waltz
Tales From The Vienna Woods
Londonderry Air
Autumn Leaves

Customer Reviews:

It contains songs not on other CD........2007-01-01

I am pretty happy with the CD I have. I noticed that these songs are not on other CD. Summer Time in Venice, Three Coins in the Fountain, The Impossible Dream, Send in The Clown, Somewhere My Love and Elizabethan Serenade. The sound quality is acceptable.

The Best Of The Mantovani Orchestra.......2004-04-13

This cd is an ok collection of tunes from Mantovani.It's not the best but it's ok.This 2 cd set features songs such as three coins in a fountain,send in the clowns,skater's waltz,for once in my life and others.This isn't the only version of for once in my life Mantovani did.This version is light strings.Manti's other version is with a harpsicord and heavy strings.It is on Mantovani Scene/Mantovani Sound which has just come out from Vocolion.It also has such songs as dear heart,both sides now,honey and a lot of others.Amazon doesn't have this yet but I have just recieved my copy from another website.Like the other viewer said unfortuanly the sound quality is bad on the best of collection.I even heard somebody coughing on one track and there is some tape hiss from the transfer.I would like to recommend a 2 cd set by John Fox going under the name of the starry night orchestra that is put out by yestermusic(good music group)and has 30 tracks by Mr.Fox.Every song has a heavy string contingment and it states that these were played on beautiful music stations.John Foxes Strings are so beautiful.
The John Fox I'm talking about isn't the same John Fox that is a commedian that is sold on this site.

The Best of the Mantovani Orchestra (vol 1 & 2).......2002-09-14

The Madacy Label has betrayed Mantovani's genious, and substituted poor recordings in these 2 CD's. I have immediately
cancelled all Madacy Label orders with everyone, and will investigate all future items with a Canadian origin prior to purchase.

Joseph C. Jernigan

Poor Recording.......2002-09-05

The quality of the recording is poor. You can hear flutter in the string passages, which is 90% of Mantovani's music! There is also hiss noise, and pops in piece transitions... Amateur transcription from tape to CD's, is my guess. Someone else made bad reviews regarding the poor recording on the same record label, so my suggestion is to stay away from the label Madacy Records.

Top of the "Beautiful Music" Heap.......2001-02-19

This CD has a nice collection of Mantovani's work. The combination of older standards with "newer" (such as Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life")is great. This is the stuff that is usually mocked as "elevator music" but also considered by many good romancing background music. Many of these arrangements were heard on a local Beautiful Music FM station where I live before the format change. The only negative I have is for a "box set" there is no write-up on the Orchestra. It would have been nice to read about Mantovani and what inspired his arrangements, and the orchestra personnell. My copy was made in Canada by Madacy. Maybe someone who has contact with that company could recommend a booklet for any future copies made.

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Discovering rag time

Best of Scott Joplin

Manufacturer: Golden Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00013NDJG
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

Entertainer
Maple Leaf Rag
Swipsey
Sunflower Flow Drag
Easy Winners
Ragtime Dance
Cascades
Bethena
Gladiolus Rag
Heliotrope Bouquet
Fig Leaf Rag
Pineapple Rag
Solace
Euphonic Sounds
Stoptime Rag
Scott Joplin's New Rag

Tracks:

Breeze from Alabama
Bink's Waltz
Original Rags
Crush Collision March
Strenuous Life
Paragon Rag
Eugenia
Sensation
(The) Nonpareil
Wall Street Rag
Antoinette
Combination March
Felicity
Palm Leaf Rag
Sugar Cane Rag
Search-Light Rag
Favorite

Customer Reviews:

Discovering rag time.......2007-02-22

My husband, an Englishman, one day announced he'd heard the most incredible music by Scott Joplin. I bought this CD for him, and he's really enjoyed listening.

The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics

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The Best of Scott Joplin and Other Rag Classics
Max Morath
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music

Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music

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Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass

ASIN: B000000EBT
Release Date: 1990-05-24

Tracks:

Scott Joplin's New Rag
Euphonic Sounds
Hilarity
Country Club
American Beauty
St. Louis Rag
Patricia Rag
Silver Swan
Quality
Elite Syncopations
Gladiolus Rag
The Cannonball
The Entertainer
Treemonisha: A Real Slow Drag
Ragtime Nightingale
Ragtime Dancer
Alabama Jigger
The Cascades
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Russian Rag
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Polyragmic
Carrie's Gone To Kansas City

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Arthur Fiedler

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Arthur Fiedler

Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Alfie
Look of Love
Sound of Silence
This Guy's in Love With You
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
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Stardust
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Entertainer
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Best of Scott Joplin: 50 Ragtime Favorites

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Instant happiness.
Low quality sound, anonymous performer
Moving
Best of Scott Joplin: 50 Ragtime Favorites

Best of Scott Joplin: 50 Ragtime Favorites
Scott Joplin
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000069HLF
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Customer Reviews:

Instant happiness........2006-02-18

I picked this up after craving to hear anything by Scott Joplin. I immediately put Disc 1 in my car and sunk into the musical nirvana that is Scott Joplin. Sure the quality might not be 'top notch,' but unless you are really picky, there wont be a problem. The songs sound fine and you can enjoy them, and thats all that matters. Get this, its all the Scott Joplin you will ever need.

Low quality sound, anonymous performer.......2004-03-21

We got these CDs to inspire our daughter who is learning to play abridged versions of a couple rags on the piano.

Perhaps we could have guessed from the price and from the information, or lack thereof, on this Amazon site. Overall, these CDs seem to be some kind of cheap copy. The sound quality is really bad. With the CDs there is no information given about who is performing the music, where, when and on what instrument. In fact, no information is given at all but the names of the tunes.

I guess its a matter of "you get what you pay for", but we wouldn't listen to this low quality even if it was free. It makes our stereo sound like the speakers on a laptop computer or a 1960s $8 AM transister radio. Once you're listening on a modern stereo you don't want the $8.00 radio sound, no matter the CD price.

The playing seems good. If you have the volume so low that you can't hear all the notes distincly it sounds pretty good.

The internet sample of the reputed-to-be-low-fidelity CD reprint of the Josh Rifkin Nonesuch 1970s LP recording seems to be higher quality.

I guess if we found out that these were taken from Edison recordings of Joplin playing we'd tolerate the quality for the authenticity. But that doesn't seem to be what we are hearing.

Moving.......2003-08-12

As the title says, this wonderful package has three CDs containing a total of 50 wonderful tunes written by the incomparable Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Played by one piano, and in just the way that you would expect from this music, the music is wonderfully moving. Admittedly, when I listened to the CDs in my car, it was noticeable that something was lacking in quality. But, that said, my family and I do enjoy these CDs (especially my son, who is taking piano lessons), and highly recommend them to you.

Best of Scott Joplin: 50 Ragtime Favorites.......2003-02-01

If you like ragtime, you should like this CD. Although the sound quality seemed a little inferior, the quality of the songs was above average I thought. The tempo of the songs was superior to that of Joanne Castle's songs which I think are played too fast. I think the CD was definitely worth the money.