‎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)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:13

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

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin

1:35

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

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

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

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)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey

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)

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)

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

1:32

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

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

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)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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