‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

4:26

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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, Noel Mangin, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

6:27

Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope (Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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

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)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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