Joshua Rifkin
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Biography
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, and as a scholar 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, however, for having played a central role in the ragtime revival in the 1970s, with the three albums he recorded of Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records.
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- Evergreen Rag: Evergreen Rag
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 9. Aria: "Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen" by Jan Opalach
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 10. Choral: "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" featuring Jeffrey Thomas
- Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho - Choro: Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho - Choro
- Quodlibette
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 6. Choral: "Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe" featuring Jeffrey Thomas
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 7. Aria: "Hilf, Jesu, hilf" by Jeffrey Thomas
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 8. Recitativo: "Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand"
- J.S. Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Cantata BWV 80 - 3. Rezitativ: "Erwäge doch, Kind Gottes" by Jan Opalach
- Joplin: The Ragtime Dance
- J.S. Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Cantata BWV 80 - 1. Chor: "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" featuring Jeffrey Thomas
- J.S. Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Cantata BWV 80 - 2. Arie: "Mit unsrer Macht ist nichts getan" by Jan Opalach
- Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" - 4. Larghetto featuring Joshua Rifkin
- Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 2. Adagio featuring Peter Hurford
- Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 1. Larghetto featuring Peter Hurford
- Nove de Julho - Tango Argentino
- The Ragtime Nightingale: The Ragtime Nightingale
- The Easy Winners
- American Beauty Rag: American Beauty Rag
- Weeping Willow - A Ragtime Two-Step
- Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major, "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" HWV 295 - 5. Allegro featuring Peter Hurford
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 3. Aria: "Schäme dich, o Seele nicht"
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 4. Recitativo: "Verstockung kann Gewaltige verblenden" by Jan Opalach
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 5. Aria: "Bereite dir, Jesu"
