For many years I've had Dick Hyman's set on LP and always found it a fair bit too peppy and just picked up (for a song, thanks be) Richard Zimmerman's clunky complete set, now on Laser Light. Any recommendations for someone who gets it right?
My idea of getting it right? I very much admire the playing of Virginia Tichenor (daughter of ragtime pianist-composer and scholar Trebor Tichneor) and Milton Kaye:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/obituaries/17kaye.html?_r=0
who did a fine two-LP set for Rudi Blesh on Golden Crest back in the day, but neither Virginia Tichenor's only solo CD nor the Kaye set contain much Joplin (the Kaye is rich with Arthur Marshall pieces, though).