HAUSER

The dynamic young cellist who rocketed to fame as half of the genre-busting worldwide musical
sensation 2CELLOS, HAUSER is releasing his first solo recording for Sony Classical – Classic, a
collection of the most beautiful melodies from classical music and beyond, with the London Symphony
Orchestra. Each piece on Classic is a longtime favorite of HAUSER’s, which he chose to reinterpret
for the cello along with arranger Robin Smith and producer Nick Patrick.
Following the release of HAUSER’s acclaimed Classic album earlier this year, Sony Classical is
pleased to announce a Deluxe CD+DVD edition of the album.
The audio disc contains sixteen tracks, and includes some of the most beloved classical melodies
ever written, each a personal, longtime favorite of HAUSER’s – which he’s carefully curated and
rearranged for the cello. Among them are Bach’s Air on a G String, the Nocturne from Borodin’s String
Quartet, Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, Yiruma’s River Flows in You, and tracks by Mozart, Tchaikovsky,
and Rachmaninov.
“It’s simple,” says HAUSER when asked to describe Classic. “It’s the most beautiful, the most
romantic melodies ever written in classical music – by the greatest composers – played on the cello,
the most beautiful and romantic instrument of all.” HAUSER could hardly be blamed for calling each of
the compositions on Classic “the most iconic” or “the most beautiful” or “the most romantic” melody in
classical music. Because they are. Working alongside arranger Robin Smith and producer Nick
Patrick, HAUSER has adopted these immortal compositions for the cello, letting them sing as never
before with help from the London Symphony Orchestra.
The video disc contains a specially-edited visual program comprised of all three of the Alone,
Together solo performances that were filmed earlier this year at Croatia’s Arena Pula, Krka Waterfalls
National Park, and the historic old town of Dubrovnik. Captured at some of the Balkan country’s most
stunning locations, the longform performance features HAUSER’s renditions of classic compositions,
as well as popular themes from film and television – including Albinoni’s Adagio, Song from a Secret
Garden, and fittingly, Game of Thrones, which given that much of the television program was filmed
within the medieval walls of Dubrovnik’s old town, was an obvious choice for inclusion.