‎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)

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

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)

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

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers

1:35

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

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

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

2:44

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

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

1:09

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

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

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)

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

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

3:01

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

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, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

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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