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)
1Act I Scene 1: Overture04:11
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
2Act I Scene 1: Aria: Here surely I must find her (Belmonte)02:39
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
3Act I Scene 1: Aria: Constanza, my beloved (Belmonte)00:13
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
4Act 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)
5Act 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)
6Act 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)
7Act 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)
8Act 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)
9Act I Scene 1: Aria: Constanza! Constanza! (Belmonte)00:33
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
10Act I Scene 1: Aria: Oh what trembling, oh what passion (Belmonte)04:26
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
11Act I Scene 1: Aria: They're coming, sir, they're coming (Pedrillo)00:19
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
12Act I Scene 1: Chorus: Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim (Chorus)01:35
Ambrosian Singers (Choir)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
13Act I Scene 1: Chorus: Always so sad, my beloved (Pasha Selim, Constanza)00:50
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
14Act I Scene 1: Aria: How I loved him, I was happy (Constanza)05:43
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
15Act 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)
16Act 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)
17Act 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)
18Act II: Aria: With smiles and kind caresses (Blonda)03:51
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
19Act II: Aria: Gentleness! Kindness! (Osmin, Blonda)01:09
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
20Act 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)
21Act 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)
22Act II: Duet: Be off now! (Blonda, Osmin)01:07
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
23Act II: Duet: Ah, there's Constanza (Blonda)00:15
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
24Act II: Recitative and Aria: Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit (Constanza)02:12
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
25Act II: Recitative and Aria: Endless grief tortures my spirit (Constanza)06:24
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
Disc 2
1Act 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)
2Act II: Aria: Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting (Constanza)08:56
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
3Act II: Aria: She shows no signs of weakening (Selim)00:28
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
4Act II: Aria: Blonda? Come here, quickly' (Pedrillo, Blonda)00:48
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
5Act II: Aria: Oh, the happy, happy day (Blonda)02:50
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
6Act II: Aria: Any sign of Osmin? (Pedrillo, Blonda)00:42
Eddy, Jenifer (soprano)
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
7Act II: Aria: Now Pedrillo, now for battle! (Pedrillo)03:19
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
8Act II: Aria: What do you want? (Osmin, Pedrillo)01:32
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
9Act 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)
10Act 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)
11Act II: Duet: Belmonte! Is it possible (Constanza, Belmonte)00:10
Dobbs, Mattiwilda (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
12Act II: Aria: When our hearts are overflowing (Belmonte)04:53
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
13Act 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)
14Act 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)
15Act 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)
16Act 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)
17Act III: Aria: Love, only love, can now direct me (Belmonte)06:36
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
18Act III: Aria: Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well? (Pedrillo, Belmonte)00:32
Fryatt, John (tenor)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
19Act 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)
20Act 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)
21Act III: Aria: My triumphant hour's approaching (Osmin)03:25
Mangin, Noel (bass)
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
22Act 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)
23Act 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)
24Act 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)
25Act 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)
26Act 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)
27Act III: Vaudeville and Chorus: Your noble mercy passes measure (Belmonte, Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Osmin)02:47
Bath Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Menuhin, Yehudi (Conductor)
28Act 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)
29Act 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