‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

4:26

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

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)

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

2:44

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

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

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, 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)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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

3:01

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

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

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)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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
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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