‎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, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda

2:39

Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

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

4:18

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

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

0:31

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

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

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)

The Ambrosian Singers, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

1:35

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

David Kelsey, Mattiwilda Dobbs, 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)

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

2:44

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

Nicolai Gedda, John Fryatt, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

2:12

Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs

6:27

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

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

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)

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)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, 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)

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

0:10

When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:53

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

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, John Fryatt

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

1:33

My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Noel Mangin

3:25

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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