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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

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, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

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)

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

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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
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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