Finally, Mr. Neilsen's long-awaited final entry in his ragtime trilogy is finished. Four cds, two full-color booklets, and a cardboard slipcase combine to make this the most lavish and thorough entry yet. Add to that an introductory appreciation by unparalleled ragtime and Joplin biographer Dr. Edward Berlin, and you've got the ragtime CD set of the year. Guido's crisp, precise, unsentimental, unornamented, and razor-accurate playing distinguish this from all other Joplin recordings ever made.

Contact Basta Records to order after March 1st from the Netherlands directly, or call "1 800 Ask Tower" to order in the USA after May 1st, 2004.

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