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PAUL OLEFSKY (CHICAGO, JANUARY 4, 1926 – AUSTIN, TEXAS, JUNE 1, 2013)

 

 

 

 

Olefsky was born in Chicago. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Gregor Piatigorsky. Olefsky subsequently studied with Pablo Casals. He studied conducting with Herbert von Karajan and Pierre Monteux.

During the 1940s, Olefsky performed as the principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra while maintaining a worldwide career as a solo artist. In 1948 he was a winner of the Naumburg Competition in New York City. In 1950, he performed the world premiere of the Cello Concerto by Virgil Thomson.

Olefsky left his position in Philadelphia in 1950 to join the United States Navy. In 1953, during his Navy service, he won the Michaels Memorial Award competition in Chicago.

Upon completing his military service, Olefsky became the principal cellist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In 1974, he took a position as professor of cello at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for several decades and was a professor emeritus at the time of his death.

Olefsky was married and had a daughter and a son. He died in Austin, Texas, at the age of 87.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Brahms, Paul Olefsky, Walter Hautzig – Sonatas For Cello & Piano E Minor, Op. 38 / F Major, Op. 99

Label: Monitor Records – MCS 2116

Series: Monitor Collector Series

Format: Records, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: USA & Canada

Release date: 1967

Genre: Classical

Sonata In E Minor, Op. 38 For Cello And Piano

A1 Allegro Non Troppo

A2 Allegretto Quasi Menuetto

A3 Allegro

Sonata In F Major, Op. 99 For Cello And Piano

B1 Allegro Vivace

B2 Adagio Affettuoso

B3 Allegro Passionato

B4 Allegro Molto

 

Label: Musical Heritage Society – MHS 3857

Format: Records, LP, Stereo

Country: US

Release date:

Genre: Classical

Trio In B-flat Major, Op. 29 For Clarinet, Violoncello And Piano

Composed By – Vincent D’Indy

A1 I. Overture

A2 II. Divertissement

B1 III. Chant Elegiaque

B2 IV. Finale

Cello – Paul Olefsky

Clarinet – Leland Munger

Piano – William Race

Timings:

Side 1: 20:26, Side 2: 16:08

Die/Inner Ring (Side A Runout etched): MHS-3857-A 50-4 8-78 T

Die/Inner Ring (Side B Runout etched): MHS-3857-B 50-4 8-78 T

Other (LC#): 78-750320

 

Paul Olefsky (Cello), Walter Hautzig (Piano), Grieg, Schubert – Grieg: Sonata In A Minor For Cello And Piano, Schubert: Sonata In A Minor For Cello And Piano Arpeggione

Label: VOX – STPL 512.890, VOX – pL.890

Format: Records, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: US

Release date: 1965

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Sonata In A Minor For Cello And Piano, Op. 36

Composed By – Grieg

A1 I – Allegro Agitato

A2 II – Andante Molto Tranquillo

A3 III – Allegro

Sonata In A Minor For Cello And Piano “Arpeggione”

Composed By – Schubert

B1 I – Allegro Moderato

B2a II – Adagio

B2b III – Allegretto (Attaca)

Cello – Paul Olefsky

Cover, Artwork – Guy Bardone

Liner Notes – Dr. William B. Ober

Mastered By – Rudy Van Gelder

Piano – Walter Hautzig

Artwork by Guy Bardone – Fleurs Et Fruits

Grieg: Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: Mono R64-2015/ Stereo R 65-2017

Schubert: Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: Mono R65-2016/ Stereo R 65-2018

Track time is actual playing time with track separators removed

Die / Inner Ring (Printed on Side 1): STPL 512.890 A

Die / Inner Ring (Printed on Side 2): STPL 512.890 B

Matrix / Inner Ring (Etched on side 1): S-58-1

Matrix / Inner Ring (Etched on side 2): S-582