Conductor(s): Menuhin, Yehudi
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Genre: Opera
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: CHAN3081-82
Barcode: 095115308127
Release Date: 05/2002

MOZART, W.A.: Abduction from the Seraglio (The) (Sung in English) (Ambrosian Singers, Bath Festival Orchestra, Gedda)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich - Lyricist
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Ambrosian Singers (Choir)
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
1 Act I Scene 1: Overture 04:11
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
2 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Here surely I must find her (Belmonte) 02:39
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
3 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte) 00:13
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
4 Act I Scene 1: Aria and Duet: You may think you've found a maiden (Osmin, Belmonte) 02:34
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
5 Act I Scene 1: Aria and Duet: The devil take you and your song, sir (Belmonte, Osmin) 04:18
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
6 Act I Scene 1: Aria and Duet: There - I got rid of him (Osmin, Pedrillo) 00:31
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
7 Act I Scene 1: Aria: These young men who go a-spying (Osmin, Pedrillo) 05:06
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
8 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Ouf! Thank God he's gone (Pedrillo, Belmonte) 02:14
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
9 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte) 00:33
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
10 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte) 04:26
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
11 Act I Scene 1: Aria: They're coming, sir, they're coming (Pedrillo) 00:19
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
12 Act I Scene 1: Chorus: Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus) 01:35
Ambrosian Singers (Choir)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
13 Act I Scene 1: Chorus: Always so sad, my beloved (Pasha Selim, Constanza) 00:50
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
14 Act I Scene 1: Aria: How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza) 05:43
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
15 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave (Selim, Constanza, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Osmin) 02:44
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
16 Act I Scene 1: Trio: March, march, march, off you go (Osmin, Belmonte, Pedrillo) 02:18
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
17 Act II: Tra-la-le-ra. Tra-la-le-ra (Osmin, Blonda) 00:42
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
18 Act II: Aria: With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda) 03:51
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
19 Act II: Aria: Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda) 01:09
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
20 Act II: Duet: I'm going, but mark what I say (Osmin, Blonda) 01:08
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
21 Act II: Duet: O Englishmen you must be crazy (Osmin, Blonda) 01:17
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
22 Act II: Duet: Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin) 01:07
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
23 Act II: Duet: Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda) 00:15
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
24 Act II: Recitative and Aria: Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza) 02:12
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
25 Act II: Recitative and Aria: Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza) 06:24
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Act II: Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope (Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim) 00:58
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
2 Act II: Aria: Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza) 08:56
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
3 Act II: Aria: She shows no signs of weakening (Selim) 00:28
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
4 Act II: Aria: Blonda? Come here, quickly' (Pedrillo, Blonda) 00:48
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
5 Act II: Aria: Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda) 02:50
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
6 Act II: Aria: Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda) 00:42
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
7 Act II: Aria: Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo) 03:19
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
8 Act II: Aria: What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo) 01:32
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
9 Act II: Duet: Here's to Bacchus, long live Bacchus (Pedrillo, Osmin) 02:01
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
10 Act II: Duet: What do you say, brother Osmin? (Pedrillo, Osmin, Belmonte) 01:16
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
11 Act II: Duet: Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte) 00:10
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
12 Act II: Aria: When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte) 04:53
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
13 Act II: Quartet: Ah, Belmonte, ah my dear one! (Constanza, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Blonda) 02:54
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
14 Act II: Quartet: And yet within my heart (Belmonte, Constanza, Pedrillo, Blonda) 02:00
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
15 Act II: Quartet: I will. Ah, blame me not . . . (Belmonte, Pedrillo, Constanza, Blonda) 01:35
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
16 Act II: Quartet: If men mistrust our honour (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo) 04:29
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
17 Act III: Aria: Love, only love, can now direct me (Belmonte) 06:36
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
18 Act III: Aria: Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well? (Pedrillo, Belmonte) 00:32
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
19 Act III: Romance: In Moorish lands a maiden fair (Pedrillo, Belmonte) 03:01
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
20 Act III: Romance: Look, she's opening the window (Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Osmin, Constanza, Chorus) 01:33
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Ambrosian Singers (Choir)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
21 Act III: Aria: My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin) 03:25
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
22 Act III: Aria: What does all this mean? (Pasha Selim, Osmin, Constanza, Belmonte) 03:27
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
23 Act III: Recitative and Duet: What dreadful fate conspires against us (Belmonte, Constanza) 02:42
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
24 Act III: Recitative and Duet: You must suffer for my rashness (Constanza, Belmonte) 03:32
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
25 Act III: Recitative and Duet: Then my life I gladly offer (Belmonte, Constanza) 03:02
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
26 Act III: Recitative and Duet: Guards! Bring in the two slaves! (Osmin, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Pasha Selim, Constanza) 02:36
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
27 Act III: Vaudeville and Chorus: Your noble mercy passes measure (Belmonte, Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Osmin) 02:47
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
28 Act III: Vaudeville and Chorus: The nobelman despises vengeance (Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo) 01:03
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
29 Act III: Vaudeville and Chorus: Pasha Selim, live for ever (Chorus) 01:22
Ambrosian Singers (Choir)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:12:48