AMR19961001 - The Piano and The Cello

Walter Hautzig, pianist; Paul Olefsky, Cellist

Digital downloads are available from iTunes.

This is a 2-CD set. Fanfare magazine called our (very) first release "an impressive debut." Although Beethoven's music for the cello is sublime, the piano is not merely an accompaniment; it most definitely holds its own throughout these works. Paul Olefsky and Walter Hautzig played together for years. As a result, it's as if the music were being played for the first time because it sounds so fresh with each hearing.

Total playing time: CD 1 = 67:39; CD 2 = 72:15


Quicktime Sample:
CD 2: Track 5: Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 – Time = 4:21 (765 KB)

Tracklist:

• CD 1: Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No.1 Adagio Sostenuto [14:29]
• CD 1: Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No.1 Rondo [7:36]
• CD 1: Sonata No 2. in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2 Adagio Sostenuto [13:46]
• CD 1: Sonata No 2. in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2 Rondo [7:01]
• CD 1: Sonata No 3 in A Major, Op. 69 Allegro [9:27]
• CD 1: Sonata No 3 in A Major, Op. 69 Allegro Scherzo [5:30]
• CD 1: Sonata No 3 in A Major, Op. 69 Allegro Adagio cantabile [7:36]
• CD 2: Sonata No 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 Adagio-Allegro [6:49]
• CD 2: Sonata No 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 Adagio-Tempo d'andante [6:50]
• CD 2: Sonata No 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 Allegro con brio [5:06]
• CD 2: Sonata No 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 Adagio [9:19]
• CD 2: Sonata No 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 Allegro [4:14]
• CD 2: 12 Variations on Handel's "See the conqu'ring hero comes", WoO 45 [15:17]
• CD 2: 12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mächen oder Weibchen", Op. 66 [12:01]
• CD 2: 7 Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", WoO 46 [12:22]