‎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, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

0:13

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

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, 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

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, 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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

6:27

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

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

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)

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

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

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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