‎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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

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)

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

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)

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, 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)

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, Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

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)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, 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)

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

2:54

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

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

1:35

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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)

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

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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