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Program 167
"More Scott Joplin Variations"
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sun Flower Slow Drag performed
by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther
Schuller [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage Society 5185857, excerpted from
track 2] [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your
guide, Fred Flaxman. The last hour of this program was devoted to
“Variations on Scott Joplin Rags.” That consisted of only four of this
African-American composer’s delightful, energetic pieces, since I
played different versions with different orchestrations of each of
those pieces.
Well, stay with me for this next hour and I’ll continue where I left
off. I’m going to announce the name of each piece and the performers,
but nothing else, really, in an effort to get 14 different
interpretations of 6 different delightful Scott Joplin tunes to your
ears before time runs out.
MUSIC: fades out
Let’s begin with pianist John Arpin playing The Cascades,
followed immediately by the same piece as performed by the New England
Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller.
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: The Cascades, performed by pianist John Arpin [Pro-Arte Fanfare CDD 562, track 4] [2:58]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: The Cascades, performed by The New
England COnservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller
[EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage 5185857, track 1] [3:31]
Scott Joplin’s The Cascades performed first by pianist John Arpin, and then by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller.
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sugar Cane Rag, performed by John Arpin [Pro-Arte Fanfare CDD 562, track 1] [3:27]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sugar Cane Rag, performed by Itzhak Perlman and André Previn [Musical Heritage Society 513995K, track 10] [3:39]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sugar Cane Rag, performed
by The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther
Schuller [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage 5185857, track 5] [3:13]
Scott Joplin’s Sugar Cane - A Rag-Time Classic Two-Step, performed
first by pianist John Arpin, then by violinist Itzhak Perlman with
pianist André Previn, and finally by The New England Conservatory
Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller.
You are listening to “More Scott Joplin Variations” on Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman.
[optional one-minute break not included in the total timing of the program]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: The Chrysanthemum, performed by pianist Benjamin Loeb [Naxos 8.559277, track 3] [4:42]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Chrysanthemum, performed
by The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther
Schuller [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage 5185857, track 3] [3:47]
Scott Joplin’s Chrysanthemum, performed first by pianist Benjamin Loeb, then by The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller.
You are listening to “More Scott Joplin Variations” on Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman.
[optional one-minute break not included in the total timing of the program]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sunflower Slow Drag, performed by pianist Richard Glazier [Centaur Records CRC 2403, track 15] [4:32]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sunflower Slow Drag, performed
by The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther
Schuller [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage 5185857, track 2] [3:08]
Scott Joplin’s Sunflower Slow Drag -- A Ragtime Two-Step. The
piece was written with Scott Hayden in 1901. It was performed first by
pianist Richard Glazier, then by The New England Conservatory Ragtime
Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller.
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Heliotrope Bouquet, performed by pianist Joshua Rifkin [Angel/EMI Classics 7243 4 76980 2 6 , track 9] [5:56]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Heliotrope Bouquet, performed
by The Southland Stingers with Ralph Grierson, piano, conducted by
George Sponhaltz [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage 5185857, track 10] [4:07]
Scott Joplin’s Heliotrope Bouquet, performed first by
pianist Joshua Rifkin, then by The Southland Stingers with Ralph
Grierson, piano, conducted by George Sponhaltz.
I’ll conclude this hour of “More Scott Joplin Variations” on Compact DIscoveries with three different orchestrations of Elite Syncopations.
First Richard Glazier’s recording of the original piano piece, then a
version for violin and piano with Itzhak Perlman and André Previn, and
finally by the Southland Stingers with Ralph Grierson, piano, conducted
by George Sponhaltz.
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Elite Syncopations, performed by Richard Glazier [Centaur Records CRC 2403, track 11] [3:21]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Elite Syncopations, performed by Itzhak Perlman and André Previn [Musical Heritage Society 513995K, track 7] [3:09]
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Elite Syncopations, performed by The Southland Stingers conducted by George Sponhaltz [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage 5185857, track 9] [3:29]
Scott Joplin’s 1902 rag, Elite Syncopations, performed
first by pianist Richard Glazier as Joplin wrote it, then by violinist
Itzhak Perlam with pianist André Previn, and finally by the Southland
Stingers with Ralph Grierson, piano, conducted by George Sponhaltz.
Well this brings to an end this Compact DIscoveries hour
devoted to “More Scott Joplin Variations.” I hope you enjoyed the
music. This is Fred Flaxman thanking you for listening and reminding
you to visit the Compact Discoveries website at CompactDiscoveries.com, where you can find links to stream this program and all Compact DIscoveries
programs on demand. This is program number 167. You’ll also find
scripts for each program there with complete information on every
recording we use. And if you have any comments, questions or
suggestions concerning Compact DIscoveries, please write me at fred@compactdiscoveries.com.
MUSIC: Scott Joplin: Sun Flower Slow Drag performed
by the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther
Schuller [EMI/Angel/Musical Heritage Society 5185857, excerpted from
track 2]
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Total Program Timing: 58:00
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