José Álvarez
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| 𝑱ᴀᴢᴢ 𝑳ᴏᴠᴇʀ 🎶 | Classical music listener | Compulsive collector | 積ん読 | 🇪🇺
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#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II (vol. 6). BWV 886-893 | Preludes & Fugues 17-24 | Released by Columbia Records in April 1971.
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II (vol. 6). BWV 886-893 | Preludes & Fugues 17-24 | Released by Columbia Records in April 1971.
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II (vol. 5). BWV 878-885 | Preludes & Fugues 9-16 | Released by Columbia Records in March 1970.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II (vol. 5). BWV 878-885 | Preludes & Fugues 9-16 | Released by Columbia Records in March 1970.
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier. Book II (vol. 4). BWV 870-877 | Preludes & Fugues 1-8 | Released by Columbia Records in March 1968.
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier. Book II (vol. 4). BWV 870-877 | Preludes & Fugues 1-8 | Released by Columbia Records in March 1968.
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (vol. 3). BWV 862-869 | Preludes & Fugues 17-24 | Released by Columbia Records in October 1965.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (vol. 3). BWV 862-869 | Preludes & Fugues 17-24 | Released by Columbia Records in October 1965.
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (vol. 2). BWV 854-861 | Preludes & Fugues 9-16 | Released by Columbia Records in January 1964.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (vol. 2). BWV 854-861 | Preludes & Fugues 9-16 | Released by Columbia Records in January 1964.
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I. BWV 846-853 | Preludes & Fugues 1-8 | Released by Columbia Records in January 1964.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#classical | Johann Sebastian Bach | Glenn Gould | The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I. BWV 846-853 | Preludes & Fugues 1-8 | Released by Columbia Records in January 1964.
#jazzsky | Although critics described this album as "disappointing" after its release in 1979, the ensemble led by saxophonist Scott Hamilton and trumpeter Warren Vaché exudes a swing that appeals precisely because of its anachronism, which has faded considerably almost 50 yrs after the daring 1970s
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#jazzsky | Although critics described this album as "disappointing" after its release in 1979, the ensemble led by saxophonist Scott Hamilton and trumpeter Warren Vaché exudes a swing that appeals precisely because of its anachronism, which has faded considerably almost 50 yrs after the daring 1970s
#jazzsky | Starting Time is an album recorded by saxophonist Clifford Jordan on June 14 & 15, 1961, at Plaza Sound Studios, NYC | Jordan was backed by trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Cedar Walton, Wilbur Ware on bass and Tootie Heath on drums.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#jazzsky | Starting Time is an album recorded by saxophonist Clifford Jordan on June 14 & 15, 1961, at Plaza Sound Studios, NYC | Jordan was backed by trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Cedar Walton, Wilbur Ware on bass and Tootie Heath on drums.
#jazzsky | Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette | John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, tenor sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Julian Euell, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums | Original session recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, on May 17, 1957 for Prestige Records
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#jazzsky | Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette | John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, tenor sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Julian Euell, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums | Original session recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, on May 17, 1957 for Prestige Records
#classical | Gustav Mahler | Sinfonien 1•2•3•4 | Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw-Orchester, Amsterdam | Recorded 1966-1976 | 6 LP Box Set released by Philips.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#classical | Gustav Mahler | Sinfonien 1•2•3•4 | Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw-Orchester, Amsterdam | Recorded 1966-1976 | 6 LP Box Set released by Philips.
#classical | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no. 1 | Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestre National de France | Released by Columbia Records in 1978.
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#classical | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no. 1 | Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestre National de France | Released by Columbia Records in 1978.
#classical | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no. 1 | Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | Recorded January 14 & 16, 1961 and February 4 & 6, 1961 | Originally released 1962. 1970's reissue.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#classical | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no. 1 | Bruno Walter conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra | Recorded January 14 & 16, 1961 and February 4 & 6, 1961 | Originally released 1962. 1970's reissue.
#classical | Fréderic Chopin | 14 Valses | Krystian Zimerman, piano | Released by Deutsche Grammophon in 1977.
November 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#classical | Fréderic Chopin | 14 Valses | Krystian Zimerman, piano | Released by Deutsche Grammophon in 1977.
#classical | Richard Wagner | Tristan und Isolde | Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Blanche Thebom, mezzo; Ludwig Suthaus, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone | The Philharmonia Orchestra | Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor | Recorded 9-23 June 1952, Kingsway Hall, London | 1974 release by EMI Records.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#classical | Richard Wagner | Tristan und Isolde | Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Blanche Thebom, mezzo; Ludwig Suthaus, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone | The Philharmonia Orchestra | Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor | Recorded 9-23 June 1952, Kingsway Hall, London | 1974 release by EMI Records.
#jazzsky | This album captures Thelonious Monk's performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1963 | Monk was backed by Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums, as well as the great clarinetist Pee Wee Russell as a guest musician.
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#jazzsky | This album captures Thelonious Monk's performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1963 | Monk was backed by Charlie Rouse on tenor saxophone, Butch Warren on bass, and Frankie Dunlop on drums, as well as the great clarinetist Pee Wee Russell as a guest musician.
#jazzsky| Monk's Dreams was the 1st album recorded by Thelonious Monk for Columbia Records | All tracks were recorded in NYC in 1960 | Monk was backed by Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore on bass, and drummer Frankie Dunlop | This edition brings together the mono and stereo versions of the album
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#jazzsky| Monk's Dreams was the 1st album recorded by Thelonious Monk for Columbia Records | All tracks were recorded in NYC in 1960 | Monk was backed by Charlie Rouse on tenor sax, John Ore on bass, and drummer Frankie Dunlop | This edition brings together the mono and stereo versions of the album
#NowPlaying | Sombra y luz (Shadow and Light) is the 3rd album by Andalusian rock band Triana, released in 1979 | Triana's music, a symbiosis of prog rock and flamenco rhythms, was at the forefront of rock in Andalusia and the rest of Spain in the 1970s | Its influence continues to this day
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#NowPlaying | Sombra y luz (Shadow and Light) is the 3rd album by Andalusian rock band Triana, released in 1979 | Triana's music, a symbiosis of prog rock and flamenco rhythms, was at the forefront of rock in Andalusia and the rest of Spain in the 1970s | Its influence continues to this day
#jazzsky | San Francisco pianist/composer Adam Shulman presents here an album of post-bop-inspired original compositions performed by a sextet of some of the Bay Area's most prominent jazz musicians such as Mike Olmos, Patrick Wolff, Rob Roth, Smith Dobson and John Wiitala.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#jazzsky | San Francisco pianist/composer Adam Shulman presents here an album of post-bop-inspired original compositions performed by a sextet of some of the Bay Area's most prominent jazz musicians such as Mike Olmos, Patrick Wolff, Rob Roth, Smith Dobson and John Wiitala.
#jazzsky | Maiden Voyage is the 5th album led by Herbie Hancock, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio on March 17, 1965, for Blue Note Records | Hancock is backed by tenor saxophonist George Coleman, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter and Tony Williams on drums.
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#jazzsky | Maiden Voyage is the 5th album led by Herbie Hancock, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio on March 17, 1965, for Blue Note Records | Hancock is backed by tenor saxophonist George Coleman, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Ron Carter and Tony Williams on drums.
#jazzsky | The Best of Birdland features recordings by John Coltrane and Lee Morgan made in 1960 in LA and NYC, respectively | Trane is backed by McCoy Tyner, Billy Higgins, and Stephen Davis, while Morgan is backed by Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Jimmy Rowser and Art Taylor | Released in 1963.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#jazzsky | The Best of Birdland features recordings by John Coltrane and Lee Morgan made in 1960 in LA and NYC, respectively | Trane is backed by McCoy Tyner, Billy Higgins, and Stephen Davis, while Morgan is backed by Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Jimmy Rowser and Art Taylor | Released in 1963.
#jazzsky | Recorded at Sear Sound studio in NYC in 2018, and released the following year, Trio Tapestry is saxophonist Joe Lovano's debut as a bandleader on the ECM label | Lovano is backed on the recording by pianist Marilyn Crispell and percussionist Carmen Castaldi.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#jazzsky | Recorded at Sear Sound studio in NYC in 2018, and released the following year, Trio Tapestry is saxophonist Joe Lovano's debut as a bandleader on the ECM label | Lovano is backed on the recording by pianist Marilyn Crispell and percussionist Carmen Castaldi.
#classical | Recorded in 1974 by Philips, this three-disc box set brings together Johannes Brahms' complete piano trios performed by the Beaux Arts Trio, consisting of Menahem Pressler on piano, Isidore Cohen on violin and Bernard Greenhouse on cello, plus Walter Trampler on viola.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#classical | Recorded in 1974 by Philips, this three-disc box set brings together Johannes Brahms' complete piano trios performed by the Beaux Arts Trio, consisting of Menahem Pressler on piano, Isidore Cohen on violin and Bernard Greenhouse on cello, plus Walter Trampler on viola.
#classical | From 1961 to 1963, Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter recorded Ludwig van Beethoven's complete sonatas for piano and cello, which were released in 1963 by Philips in a two-disc box set.
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#classical | From 1961 to 1963, Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter recorded Ludwig van Beethoven's complete sonatas for piano and cello, which were released in 1963 by Philips in a two-disc box set.
#jazzsky | One of those lesser-known gems in the vast jazz discography is undoubtedly the wonderful album First Time Out, recorded by pianist Clare Fischer in 1962 with Gary Peacock on bass and drummer Gene Stone.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#jazzsky | One of those lesser-known gems in the vast jazz discography is undoubtedly the wonderful album First Time Out, recorded by pianist Clare Fischer in 1962 with Gary Peacock on bass and drummer Gene Stone.
#classical | Ludwig van Beethoven. Streichquartett cis-moll op. 131 | Performed by Amadeus-Quartett | Historic recording released by Deutsche Grammophon in 1964
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#classical | Ludwig van Beethoven. Streichquartett cis-moll op. 131 | Performed by Amadeus-Quartett | Historic recording released by Deutsche Grammophon in 1964