‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

2:34

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

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

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)

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

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

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

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)

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

6:27

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

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

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, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers

1:24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Composer
Yehudi Menuhin

Conductor
Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Orchestra
Nicolai Gedda

Tenor
Noel Mangin

Bass Guitar, Bass

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

Nicolai Gedda

Noel Mangin

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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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