‎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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, 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)

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

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

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

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

2:44

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

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

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

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)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

David Kelsey, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

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, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

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)

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

6:36

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Noel Mangin

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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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