Waltzes are in the minority, it seems to me, in Joplin's piano music.
But Bill Appling, in his recording of the music, plays the waltzes with tender loving care.
As one of his former students, I can testify to Mr. Appling's passion for Chopin,
and it is my conviction that this informs his playing of Joplin waltzes.

Binks' Waltz