‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

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)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

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)

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

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

The Ambrosian Singers, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

1:35

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

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

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)

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

2:44

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

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

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

1:09

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

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

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

0:15

Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

8:56

She shows no signs of weakening (Pasha Selim)

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

0:28

Blonda? Come here, quickly (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

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

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)

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

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)

Nicolai Gedda, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda

6:36

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

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

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)

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

1:03

Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers

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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