José Álvarez
@twjosealvarez.bsky.social
| 𝑱ᴀᴢᴢ 𝑳ᴏᴠᴇʀ 🎶 | Classical music listener | Compulsive collector | 積ん読 | 🇪🇺
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#classical | Richard Wagner | Excerpts from Tristan and Isolde / Tannhäuser | Montserrat Caballé, soprano | Orchestre Philharmonique
de Strasbourg. Alain Lombard, conductor | Released in 1978
de Strasbourg. Alain Lombard, conductor | Released in 1978
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#classical | Richard Wagner | Excerpts from Tristan and Isolde / Tannhäuser | Montserrat Caballé, soprano | Orchestre Philharmonique
de Strasbourg. Alain Lombard, conductor | Released in 1978
de Strasbourg. Alain Lombard, conductor | Released in 1978
#classical | W. A. Mozart | String Quintets K. 174, 515, 515, 593 | Smetana Quartet | Josef Suk, viola | Recorded at the National House Studio, Prague, from June 7 to 10, 1976 and in Supraphon Studio, Prague, from May 25 to June 30, 1983 | 3 LP Box-set | Made in Czechoslovakia | Released in 1985.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#classical | W. A. Mozart | String Quintets K. 174, 515, 515, 593 | Smetana Quartet | Josef Suk, viola | Recorded at the National House Studio, Prague, from June 7 to 10, 1976 and in Supraphon Studio, Prague, from May 25 to June 30, 1983 | 3 LP Box-set | Made in Czechoslovakia | Released in 1985.
#Broadway | Cole Porter | Silk Stockings | With the original 1955 cast led by Hildegarde Neff, Don Ameche and Gretchen Wyler | Orchestra under the direction of Herbert Greene | This musical opened at New York's Imperial Theatre on February 24, 1955 | Highly praised, it ran for 477 performances.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#Broadway | Cole Porter | Silk Stockings | With the original 1955 cast led by Hildegarde Neff, Don Ameche and Gretchen Wyler | Orchestra under the direction of Herbert Greene | This musical opened at New York's Imperial Theatre on February 24, 1955 | Highly praised, it ran for 477 performances.
#classical | Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonatas for Violin and Piano | No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 • No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 | Pinchas Zukerman, violin • Daniel Barenboim, piano | Recorded in December 1971, August 1972 and July 1973 | Released in 1973
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#classical | Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonatas for Violin and Piano | No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 • No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 | Pinchas Zukerman, violin • Daniel Barenboim, piano | Recorded in December 1971, August 1972 and July 1973 | Released in 1973
#jazzsky | This excellent double album collects the lost recordings from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' first tour of Japan in 1961 | Recorded at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, on January 14 of that year | Fine lineup of the Messengers with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merrit.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
#jazzsky | This excellent double album collects the lost recordings from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' first tour of Japan in 1961 | Recorded at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, on January 14 of that year | Fine lineup of the Messengers with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merrit.
#jazzsky | A truly incredible album from this cool quartet, a group that stands out for Steve Marcus' soulful work on reels, as well as Sonny Sharrock's guitar lines | The group is rounded out by the great bassist Miroslav Vitous and the equally great drummer Daniel Humair | Recorded in Tokyo, 1970
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#jazzsky | A truly incredible album from this cool quartet, a group that stands out for Steve Marcus' soulful work on reels, as well as Sonny Sharrock's guitar lines | The group is rounded out by the great bassist Miroslav Vitous and the equally great drummer Daniel Humair | Recorded in Tokyo, 1970
#jazzsky | This double album released in 1981 features on sides A and B the album originally issued in 1963 as Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane | Sides C and D, recorded under the leadership of Tommy Flanagan, were originally issued without a specified leader as The Cats and released in 1959.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#jazzsky | This double album released in 1981 features on sides A and B the album originally issued in 1963 as Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane | Sides C and D, recorded under the leadership of Tommy Flanagan, were originally issued without a specified leader as The Cats and released in 1959.
#NowPlaying | Brigitte Bardot Sings is an album released in 1963 in which the famous actress, then at the peak of her career, performs several songs in French in various styles under the musical direction of Claude Bolling.
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#NowPlaying | Brigitte Bardot Sings is an album released in 1963 in which the famous actress, then at the peak of her career, performs several songs in French in various styles under the musical direction of Claude Bolling.
#jazzsky | The album Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section was recorded in a single session in Los Angeles on January 19, 1957, the day Miles Davis, with whom the group was working, had a gig booked in Hollywood | Ten tracks were recorded in a period of just five hours | A masterpiece.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#jazzsky | The album Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section was recorded in a single session in Los Angeles on January 19, 1957, the day Miles Davis, with whom the group was working, had a gig booked in Hollywood | Ten tracks were recorded in a period of just five hours | A masterpiece.
#Blues | Lightnin' Strikes is an album by Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded at Gold Star Studio in Houston, Texas, in 1962 and originally released by the Chicago-based Vee-Jay label.
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#Blues | Lightnin' Strikes is an album by Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded at Gold Star Studio in Houston, Texas, in 1962 and originally released by the Chicago-based Vee-Jay label.
#Blues | It Serve You Right to Suffer is an album by great bluesman John Lee Hooker, released on the Impulse! records label in early 1966 | Hooker was backed by Barry Galbraith on guitar, bassist Milt Hinton, Panama Francis on drums and William Wells, who plays trombone on one track.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#Blues | It Serve You Right to Suffer is an album by great bluesman John Lee Hooker, released on the Impulse! records label in early 1966 | Hooker was backed by Barry Galbraith on guitar, bassist Milt Hinton, Panama Francis on drums and William Wells, who plays trombone on one track.
#jazzsky | This three-disc box set compiles the series of 10" released by Capitol Records featuring recordings by The Nat "King" Cole Trio between 1943 and 1949.
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#jazzsky | This three-disc box set compiles the series of 10" released by Capitol Records featuring recordings by The Nat "King" Cole Trio between 1943 and 1949.
#jazzsky | The Köln Concert is a double live album by pianist Keith Jarrett, recorded at the Köln Opera House in then West Germany on January 24, 1975, and released by ECM Records in November of that year | It is the best-selling solo album in jazz history and also the best-selling piano album.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#jazzsky | The Köln Concert is a double live album by pianist Keith Jarrett, recorded at the Köln Opera House in then West Germany on January 24, 1975, and released by ECM Records in November of that year | It is the best-selling solo album in jazz history and also the best-selling piano album.
#jazzsky | Dexter Gordon | Long Tall Dexter | The Savoy Sessions | A huge collection of material that Dexter recorded for Savoy in the early bop years, mostly issued as 78 rpm singles | This double album brings together a wealth of alternate takes of the material, including a number of unissued ones
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#jazzsky | Dexter Gordon | Long Tall Dexter | The Savoy Sessions | A huge collection of material that Dexter recorded for Savoy in the early bop years, mostly issued as 78 rpm singles | This double album brings together a wealth of alternate takes of the material, including a number of unissued ones
#classical | Bach | Wilhelm Kempff, piano | The Goldberg Variations were written for the virtuoso harpsichordist Goldberg, a distinguished pupil of Bach and musician in the service of Count Keyserling, Catherine the Great's ambassador to the court of Dresden | The work was first printed in 1742.
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#classical | Bach | Wilhelm Kempff, piano | The Goldberg Variations were written for the virtuoso harpsichordist Goldberg, a distinguished pupil of Bach and musician in the service of Count Keyserling, Catherine the Great's ambassador to the court of Dresden | The work was first printed in 1742.
#classical | J. S. Bach | Aria with 30 Variations "The Goldberg Variations" BWV 988 | The great Canadian pianist Glenn Gould recorded the Goldberg Variations on two occasions | The first is the one presented on this album, recorded in June 10, 14 & 16, 1955 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, NYC
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#classical | J. S. Bach | Aria with 30 Variations "The Goldberg Variations" BWV 988 | The great Canadian pianist Glenn Gould recorded the Goldberg Variations on two occasions | The first is the one presented on this album, recorded in June 10, 14 & 16, 1955 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, NYC
#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