‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

2:34

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

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

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

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

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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, 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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

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, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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