Various Artists - Century of Ragtime: 1897-1997 / Various

Annotated and coproduced by Joplin scholar Richard Zimmerman, this 2-CD retrospective of rag traces it from the old masters to it's present day exponents. Among the solo performances are Charleston Rag; Stars and Stripes Forever Eubie Blake; the Ragtime Dance; Scott Joplin's New Rag Joshua Rifkin; the Entertainer; Rags to Burn Richard Zimmerman, and the Easy Winners-A Ragtime Two Step; Pickles and Peppers (A Rag Oddity) Max Morath. Ragtime orchestras and ensembles from coast to coast and generation to generation are also included in this 38-track "rags to rags" story.

1) Stars and Stripes Forever - Eubie Blake
2) Harlem Rag - Trebor Tichenor
3) Maple Leaf Rag - Dick Hyman
4) Rags to Burn - Richard Zimmerman
5) Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
6) The Easy Winners-A Ragtime Two Step - Max Morath
7) The Entertainer - Richard Zimmerman
8) The Ragtime Dance - Joshua Rifkin
9) Pickles and Peppers (A Rag Oddity) - Max Morath
10) April Fool Rag - Mimi Blais
11) Scott Joplin's New Rag - Joshua Rifkin
12) The Chevy Chase Rag - John Arpin and Catherine Wilson
13) 12th Street Rag - Richard Zimmerman
14) Bohemia - John Arpin and Catherine Wilson
15) Kitten on the Keys - Dick Hyman
16) Musical Massacre - Mimi Blais
17) Toad Stool Rag - Morton Gunnar Larsen
18) One for Amelia - Max Morath
19) Graceful Ghost - William Bolcom
20) Roberto Clemente - David Thomas Roberts
21) Mississippi Rag - St. Louis Ragtime
22) Echoes from the Snowball Club - Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra
23) Eli Green's Cake Walk - Dawn of the Century Ragtime Orchestra
24) Cotton Pickers Rag and Cakewalk - the New Leviathan Oriental-Fox Trot Orchestra
25) St. Louis Rag - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
26) Belle of the Philippines - Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra
27) Frog Legs Rag - the New England Ragtime Ensemble
28) Dixie Blossoms - Dawn of the Century Ragtime Ensamble
29) Black and White Rag - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
30) Grace and Beauty - the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
31) Mephisto Rag - the New Leviathan Oriental-Fox Trot Orchestra
32) Harmony Rag - Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra
33) American Beauty - Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra
34) Castle House Rag - the New England Ragtime Ensemble
35) Reindeer Rag - the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
36) Cleopatra Rag - the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
37) The Rag Baby - the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Symphony Ba
38) Gold Rush Rag - the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Symphony Ba