‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:13

You may think you've found a maiden (Osmin, Belmonte)

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

2:34

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

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

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)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

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, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

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)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

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)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

6:36

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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
Bill Cooper

Photography
George Hall

Liner Notes
Reg Wilson

Photography
David Farrell

Photography
Kara Reed

Booklet Editor
Godfrey MacDomnic

Photography
Sean Coleman

Graphic Design

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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