‎Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio by Yehudi Menuhin

Overture

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:12

Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, 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, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

2:34

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

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

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)

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

5:06

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

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

2:14

Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

0:33

Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)

Nicolai Gedda, Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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)

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

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)

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

2:44

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

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

2:21

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

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

0:42

With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy, Yehudi Menuhin

3:51

Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:09

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

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

1:08

O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda)

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

1:17

Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)

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

1:07

Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Jenifer Eddy

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, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin

6:27

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

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

0:59

Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Yehudi Menuhin, 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)

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

0:48

Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

2:50

Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)

Yehudi Menuhin, Jenifer Eddy, John Fryatt, 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)

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

1:32

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

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

2:01

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

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

1:16

Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)

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

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)

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

2:54

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

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

2:00

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

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

1:35

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

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

4:33

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Nicolai Gedda, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

6:36

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

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

0:32

in Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte)

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

3:01

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

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

3:27

What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

2:42

You must suffer for my rashness (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:32

Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza)

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

3:02

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

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

2:36

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

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

2:47

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

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

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
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

Nicolai Gedda

Noel Mangin

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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio

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