‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

0:13

You may think you've found a maiden (Osmin, Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

2:34

The devil take you and your song, sir (Belmonte, Osmin)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

4:18

There, I got rid of him (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

0:31

These young men who go a-spying (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

5:06

Ouf! Thank God he's gone (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:26

They're coming, sir, they're coming (Pedrillo)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

1:35

Always so sad, my beloved (Pasha Selim, Constanza)

David Kelsey, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

5:43

Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave (Constanza, Pasha Selim, Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

2:44

March, march, march, off you go (Osmin, Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt, Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin

2:21

Tra-la-le-ra, Tra-la-le-ra (Osmin, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy

1:09

I'm going, but mark what I say (Osmin, Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin, Jenifer Eddy

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:27

Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope (Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim)

David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, David Kelsey, Alice Girle

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

1:32

Here's to Bacchus, long live Bacchus (Pedrillo, Osmin)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

2:01

What do you say, brother Osmin? (Pedrillo, Osmin, Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:53

Ah, Belmonte, ah my dear one! (Constanza, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs

2:54

And yet within my heart (Belmonte, Constanza, Pedrillo, Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

2:00

I will. Ah, blame me not… (Belmonte, Pedrillo, Conztanza, Blonda)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

If men mistrust our honour (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

4:33

Love, only love, can now direct me (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

6:36

Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well? (Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

3:01

Look,she's opening the window (Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Osmin, Constanza)

John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Håkan Hardenberger

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin

3:25

What does all this mean? (Pasha Selim, Osmin, Constanza, Belmonte)

David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs

3:02

Guards! Bring in the two slaves! (Osmin, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Pasha Selim

Noel Mangin, John Fryatt, Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey

2:36

Your noble mercy passes measure (Belmonte, Constanza, Blonda, Pedrillo, Osmin)

Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

2:47

The nobelman despises vengeance (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo)

Jenifer Eddy, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer
Yehudi Menuhin

Conductor
Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Orchestra
Noel Mangin

Bass Guitar, Bass
Nicolai Gedda

Tenor

Ronald Kinloch Anderson

Producer
Neville Boyling

Engineer
Bill Cooper

Photography
George Hall

Liner Notes
Reg Wilson

Photography
David Farrell

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Godfrey MacDomnic

Photography
Sean Coleman

Graphic Design

Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Yehudi Menuhin

Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Noel Mangin

Nicolai Gedda

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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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