‎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, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

0:13

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

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

2:34

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

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

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)

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

4:26

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

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

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, David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

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)

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

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)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

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, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, 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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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