Scott Joplin Music

I first heard about this disc in a Naxos Podcast and was intrigued enough to buy it then and there. It is great!. Fine performances of familiar pieces played on all types of mandolins rather than on the piano. The sound is superb and the documentation ample. Great price, too. A very entertaining disc you won't regret buying.

There are, sadly and oddly, not that many compositions for guitar and piano. The two most popular instruments are difficult to play together, I suppose, since the guitar is so much softer in volume than a piano. This is one of the few CD's I've ever found with duets.

The musicians seem capable enough. Perhaps it's the material, or the acoustics, but this recording just seems not terribly exciting. The compositions are lackluster. I can hardly hear the guitar when the piano plays. Can't recommend it.