‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, 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)

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

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)

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, 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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:27

Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope (Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, 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)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

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)

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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
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

Nicolai Gedda

Noel Mangin

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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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