‎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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

4:18

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

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, 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)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

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)

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

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)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:36

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

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, Noel Mangin, Yehudi Menuhin

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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
Noel Mangin

Bass Guitar, Bass
Nicolai Gedda

Tenor

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

Noel Mangin

Nicolai Gedda

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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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