‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:13

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

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

4:26

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

John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

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

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

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:27

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

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

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

6:36

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin

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
George Hall

Liner Notes
Reg Wilson

Photography
David Farrell

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Godfrey MacDomnic

Photography
Sean Coleman

Graphic Design
Bill Cooper

Photography

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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