Joshua Rifkin
Joshua Rifkin (born April 22, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist, and musicologist. He is currently a professor of music at Boston University. As a performer, he has recorded music by composers from Antoine Busnois to Silvestre Revueltas; as a scholar he has published research on composers from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Rifkin is known among classical musicians for his theory that most of Bach's choral works were sung with only one singer per choral line. Rifkin argued that "so long as we define 'chorus' in the conventional modern sense, then Bach's chorus with few exceptions simply did not exist." He is best known among the public for helping to revive ragtime in the 1970s by recording three albums of Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records.
Genre: ragtime
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Top Tracks
- Maple Leaf Rag
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 3, HWV 291: 4. Adagio
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 3, HWV 291: 3. Allegro
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 3, HWV 291: 2. Andante
- Organ Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 3, HWV 291: 1. Adagio
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 9. Gavotte: Sehet in Zufriedenheit
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 8. Recit: So sei das Band der keuschen Liebe
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 7. Aria: Sich üben im Lieben
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 6. Recit: Und dieses ist das Glücke
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 5. Aria: Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 4. Recit: D'rum sucht auch Amor sein Vergnügen
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 3. Aria: Phöbus eilt mit schnellen Pferden
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 2. Recit: Die Welt wird wieder neu
- Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Cantata BWV 202 - "Wedding Cantata": 1. Adagio: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten
- Magnetic Rag
- Solace (Mexican Serenade)
- Paragon Rag
- Heliotrope Bouquet
- Pine Apple Rag
- Gladiolus Rag
Albums (40)
- "Baroque Legends": Handel & Vivaldi (2025-06-13)
- "4 Seasons" and Other Baroque Works (2025-04-11)
- Bravo! - Great Classical Recordings: Bach (2025-01-25)
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Essential Orchestral Works (2022-05-13)
- Piano Rags by Scott Joplin Vol. II (2015-01-01)
- 50 x Bach (2014-01-01)
- Baroque Era Vol.1 (2014-01-01)
- 50 Best American Classics (2012-10-26)
- Salzman: Nude Paper Sermon (2012-10-02)
- Essential American Classics (2012-06-04)
- Gottschalk/Joplin/Gershwin (2011-01-01)
- 101 Bach (2011-01-01)
- Vivat Leo! Music for a Medici Pope (2010-10-29)
- HAYDN, J.: Symphonies Nos. 31 and 72 (2010-03-03)
- The Baroque Beatles (2009-06-01)
- American Classics: Scott Joplin (2008-10-31)
- J. S. Bach: Kaffee-Kantate, Bauern-Kantate, Hochzeits-Kantate (2008-01-01)
- Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (2007-01-23)
- Scott Joplin Piano Rags (2005-11-01)
- A Portrait (2005-11-01)
- Scott Joplin: Digital Ragtime/Wall Street Rag (Remastered) (2005-01-01)
- Mozart (A Homage) - 250 Year Celebration, Vol. 1 (Symphonies) (2005-01-01)
- The Art of Peter Hurford (2005-01-01)
- Salon Music (Live Recording) (1998-01-01)
- Vivaldi: 14 Concertos (for Mandolin, Flute, Trumpet, Violin, etc.) (1997-01-01)
- Mozart, W.A.: Serenade No. 9, "Posthorn" / Symphony No. 32 (1996-01-01)
- Classic Masterworks - Joseph Haydn (1996-01-01)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas - Bwv 12, 172, 182 (3 Weimar Cantatas) (1996-01-01)
- Handel: Dixit Dominus, Organ Concerto No. 13, Laudate Pueri (1995-01-01)
- The Essential Handel (1995-01-01)
- Rags & Tangos (1991-10-01)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 56, 82 & 158 (1991-05-17)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 8, 78 & 99 (1989-06-28)
- Vivaldi, Telemann, Ernst & Bach, J.S.: Violin Concertos (1988-12-03)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 202 & 209 (1988-12-03)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 140 & 51 (1987-10-21)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 106 & 131 (1987-10-21)
- Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 7 (1987-08-06)
- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas Nos. 80 & 147 (1987-02-22)
- Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 4 (1986-09-19)
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