‎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, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:13

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

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

0:31

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

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

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:26

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt

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)

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

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)

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

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)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

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, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

6:36

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

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)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, 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
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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