‎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)

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

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)

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

0:50

How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

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)

David Kelsey, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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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