‎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, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:13

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

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:26

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

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

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)

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

2:44

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

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

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, 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)

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

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

John Fryatt, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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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