Quartet / O.S.T. Quartet / O.S.T. CD

DUSTIN HOFFMAN'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT QUARTET is a joyous, entertaining and uplifting story about redefining old age and growing old with hope, showing how the human spirit remains undimmed even as the brightest stars start to fade. Lifelong friends Wilf (Billy Connolly) and Reggie (Tom Courtenay), together with former colleague Cissy (Pauline Collins), are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. But when Jean Horton (Maggie Smith), a former grande dame of the opera fallen on hard times, also Reggie's ex-wife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet, moves into the home to everyone's surprise, the plans for this year's concert start to unravel. QUARTET had it's world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on 9th September.

1. Verdi: Act 1: Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici [Brindisi] - [La Traviata] [Instrumental] (The Danish National Chamber Orchestra, James Morgan) 2. Marianelli: Wilf's Descent (Dario Marianelli) 3. Schubert: An Sylvia, LD891 (Hermann Prey, Karl Engel) 4. Verdi: La Donna ? Mobile [Rigoletto] [Instrumental] (The Danish National Chamber Orchestra, James Morgan) 5. Gilbert ; Sullivan: The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring [The Mikado] (Kenneth Sandford, John Reed, New Symphony Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey, D'oyly Carte Opera Chorus) 6. Marianelli: Jean Arrives (Dario Marianelli) 7. Saint - Sa?ns: The Swan [Carnival of the Animals] (Christopher Van Kampen, Pascal Rog?) 8. Gilbert ; Sullivan: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret [The Mikado] (Valerie Masterson, Pauline Wales, Kenneth Sandford, Peggy Ann Jones, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash, D'oyly Carte Opera Company) 9. Boccherini: Minuet ; Trio from String Quintet, Op.13 No.5 (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl M?nchinger) 10. Marianelli: Not Upset (Dario Marianelli) 11. Haydn: Symphony No.100, "Military" 3. Menuet (Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorßti) 12. Haydn: String Quartet Op.76 No.4 "Sunrise" 1. Allegro Con Spirit (Takßcs Quartet) 13. Haydn: String Quartet Op.76 No.4 "Sunrise" 2. Adagio (Takßcs Quartet) 14. Haydn: String Quartet Op.76 No.4 "Sunrise" 3. Menuetto: Allegro (Takßcs Quartet) 15. Haydn: String Quartet Op.76 No.4 "Sunrise" 4. Finale: Allegro Ma Non Troppo (Takßcs Quartet) 16. Gilbert ; Sullivan: Tit Willow [The Mikado] (John Reed, George Cook, Anthony Raffell, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, D'oyly Carte Opera Chorus) 17. Verdi: Caro Nome [Rigoletto / Act 1] (Ileana Cotrubas, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini) 18. Rossini: Ah! Qual Colpo Inaspettato! [Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Act 2] (Gianna D'angelo, Renato Capecchi, Nicola Monti, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bruno Bartoletti) 19. Are You Havin' Any Fun? (Trevor Peacock, David Ryall, Jack Honeyborne ; Ronnie Hughes) 20. Marianelli: Over My Dead Body (Dario Marianelli) 21. J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor [Excerpt] (L?on Charles, John Georgiadis, Ita Herbert, Graeme Scott ; John Heley) 22. Verdi: Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici [Brindisi] [La Traviata / Act 1] (Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, London Opera Chorus) 23. Puccini: Vissi D'arte [Tosca / Act 2] (Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Welsh National Opera Chorus) 24. Verdi: Bella Figlia Dell'amore [Rigoletto / Act 3] (Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Huguette Tourangeau, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge)