Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Album Summary

Performers

• Renato Capecchi (Baritone)
• Trevor Peacock (Voice)
• Leon Charles (Piano)
• David Ryall (Voice)
• Ronnie Hughes (Trumpet)
• Graeme Scott (Viola)
• John Heley (Cello)
• John Georgiadis (Violin)
• Ita Herbert (Violin)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano)
• Dario Marianelli (Piano)
• Hermann Prey
• Karl Engel (Piano)
• Kenneth Sandford (Baritone)
• Valerie Masterson (Soprano)
• Peggy Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Colin Wright (Tenor)
• John Reed (Baritone)
• Christopher Kampen (Cello)
• Pauline Wales (Mezzo Soprano)
• Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
• Gianna D'Angelo (Soprano)
• Nicola Monti (Tenor)
• Pascal Rogé (Piano)

Conductors

• Bartoletti, Bruno
• Bonynge, Richard
• Dorati, Antal
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Morgan, James
• Munchinger, Karl
• Nash, Royston
• Solti, Sir Georg

Ensemble

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Composers

• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Sammy Fain (1902 - 1989)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Dario Marianelli (1963 - )
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Notes & Reviews:

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film score by Dario Marianelli. Taken on its own merits, this is an accessible collection of vocal and instrumental favorites, which run the gamut from Classical chamber music by Haydn and Boccherini to Romantic opera favorites by Verdi and Puccini, with pieces by Schubert, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, and Gilbert and Sullivan thrown in for good measure. Viewers of the film will recall the music in that context, though anyone who hasn't seen Quartet must make sense of the program. Marianelli's background music and the instrumental performances by James Morgan and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra were recorded in 2012, though most of the other recordings have earlier dates from the 1960s through the 1980s, so the sound quality is somewhat variable. Considering that there are plenty of opera compilations on the market that have more consistency of performers, performances, and recording quality, this CD seems in comparison like a random introduction to the genre, however agreeable it is as a soundtrack album. However, as a keepsake of the film, it has its own associative value. ~ Blair Sanderson

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 1

• Conductor: James Morgan
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Marianelli, Dario : Quartet, film score

• Performer: Dario Marianelli (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 2012

Schubert, Franz : An Sylvia

• Performers: Hermann Prey; Karl Engel (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1826

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

• Conductor: James Morgan
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Sullivan, Arthur : The Mikado :: The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring

• Performers: Kenneth Sandford (Baritone); Valerie Masterson (Soprano); Peggy Jones (Mezzo Soprano); Colin Wright (Tenor); John Reed (Baritone)
• Conductor: Royston Nash
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1884-1885

Marianelli, Dario : Quartet, film score

• Performer: Dario Marianelli (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 2012

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Performers: Christopher Kampen (Cello); Pascal Rogé (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Sullivan, Arthur : The Mikado :: So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret

• Performers: Kenneth Sandford (Baritone); Valerie Masterson (Soprano); Pauline Wales (Mezzo Soprano); Peggy Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Royston Nash
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1884-1885

Boccherini, Luigi : Menuett

• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Marianelli, Dario : Quartet, film score

• Performer: Dario Marianelli (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 2012

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 100 "Military" :: 3. Menuet

• Conductor: Antal Dorati
• Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1793-1794

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Quartet for Strings no 63 in B flat major ("Sunrise"), Op. 76/4, H. 3/78

• Notes: Composition written: 1797.
• Running Time: 22 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1797

Sullivan, Arthur : The Mikado :: Tit Willow

• Performer: John Reed (Baritone)
• Conductor: Royston Nash
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1884-1885

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. Caro nome

• Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 6 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Act 2. Ah! qual colpo inaspettato!

• Performers: Gianna D'Angelo (Soprano); Nicola Monti (Tenor); Renato Capecchi (Baritone)
• Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Fain, Sammy : Are You Havin' Any Fun

• Performers: Trevor Peacock (Voice); Leon Charles (Piano); David Ryall (Voice); Ronnie Hughes (Trumpet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Marianelli, Dario : Quartet, film score

• Performer: Dario Marianelli (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 2012

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 :: [Excerpt]

• Performers: Graeme Scott (Viola); John Heley (Cello); John Georgiadis (Violin); Ita Herbert (Violin); Leon Charles (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 1. Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)

• Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Act 2. Vissi d'arte

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. Bella figlia dell'amore

• Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851