‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin, 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)

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:26

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

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

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

1:35

Always so sad, my beloved (Pasha Selim, Constanza)

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

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

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

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

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)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

Love, only love, can now direct me (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:36

Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well? (Belmonte, Pedrillo)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Noel Mangin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:25

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

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

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Mattiwilda Dobbs

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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
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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