‎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, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

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)

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

0:31

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

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:19

Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, The Ambrosian Singers

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)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

5:43

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

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

2:44

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

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

Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, 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)

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

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)

Yehudi Menuhin, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

0:42

Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)

Yehudi Menuhin, John Fryatt, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

3:19

What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)

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

1:32

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

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)

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Mattiwilda Dobbs, David Kelsey, Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, 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)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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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