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CHAN 3081
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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio
Running Time: 132:48
Release Date: May 2002
Originally recorded in October 1967
Composer (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Solo speaking part - Pasha Selim
David Kelsey
David Kelsey
Solo soprano - Constanza
Mattiwilda Dobbs
Mattiwilda Dobbs
Solo soprano - Blonda
Jenifer Eddy
Jenifer Eddy
Solo tenor - Belmonte
Nicolai Gedda
Nicolai Gedda
Solo tenor - Pedrillo
John Fryatt
John Fryatt
Solo bass - Osmin
Noel Mangin
Noel Mangin
Choral
Ambrosian Singers
Ambrosian Singers
Orchestra
Bath Festival Orchestra
Bath Festival Orchestra
Conductor
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Venue
Abbey Road Studio, London
Abbey Road Studio, London
Producer
Robert Kinloch Anderson
Robert Kinloch Anderson
Engineer
Neville Boyling
Neville Boyling
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Temporarily out of stock
Opera - The Abduction from the Seraglio
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
(1756-1791)The Phoenix Opera production of
The Abduction from the Seraglio
133:84
Comic opera in three acts
Libretto by G. Stephanie from a play by C.F. Bretzner
Texts of musical numbers translated by Joan Cross and Anne Wood
English dialogue translated and adapted by Hugh Mills
COMPACT DISC ONE: 58:37
Act I
Scene 1
1.
Overture
4:11
No. 1: Aria
2.
'Here surely I must find her'
2:39
3.
'Constanza, my beloved'
0:13
Belmonte
No. 2: Aria and Duet
4.
'You may think you've found a maiden'
2:34
Osmin, Belmonte
5.
'The devil take you and your song, sir'
4:18
Belmonte, Osmin
6.
'There - I got rid of him'
0:31
Osmin, Pedrillo
No. 3: Aria
7.
'These young men who go a-spying'
5:06
Osmin, Pedrillo
8.
'Ouf! Thank God he's gone'
2:14
Pedrillo, Belmonte
No. 4: Aria
9.
'Constanza! Constanza!'
0:33
10.
'Oh what trembling, oh what passion'
4:26
Belmonte
11.
'They're coming, sir, they're coming'
0:19
Pedrillo
No. 5: Chorus
12.
'Sing to the mighty Pasha Selim'
1:35
Chorus
13.
'Always so sad, my beloved'
0:50
Pasha Selim, Constanza
No. 6: Aria
14.
'How I loved him, I was happy'
5:43
Constanza
15.
'Pasha Selim, I'll be your slave'
2:44
Constanza, Selim, Pedrillo, Belmonte
No. 7: Trio
16.
'March, march, march, off you go'
2:18
Osmin, Belmonte, Pedrillo
Act II
17.
'Tra-la-le-ra. Tra-la-le-ra'
0:42
Osmin, Blonda
No. 8: Aria
18.
'With smiles and kind caresses'
3:51
Blonda
19.
'Gentleness! Kindness!'
1:09
Osmin, Blonda
No. 9: Duet
20.
'I'm going, but mark what I say'
1:08
21.
'O Englishmen you must be crazy'
1:17
Osmin, Blonda
22.
'Be off now!'
1:07
Blonda, Osmin
23.
'Ah, there's Constanza'
0:15
No. 10: Recitative and Aria
24.
'Oh what sorrow overwhelms my spirit'
2:12
25.
'Endless grief tortures my spirit'
6:24
Constanza
COMPACT DISC TWO: 74:47
1.
'Señorita, try - try - not to lose hope'
0:58
Blonda, Constanza, Pasha Selim
No. 11: Aria
2.
'Tortures unrelenting may for me be waiting'
8:56
Constanza
3.
'She shows no signs of weakening'
0:28
Selim
4.
'Blonda? Come here, quickly'
0:48
Pedrillo, Blonda
No. 12: Aria
5.
'Oh, the happy, happy day'
2:50
Blonda
6.
'Any sign of Osmin?'
0:42
Pedrillo, Blonda
No. 13: Aria
7.
'Now Pedrillo, now for battle!'
3:19
Pedrillo
8.
'What do you want?'
1:32
Osmin, Pedrillo
No. 14: Duet
9.
'Here's to Bacchus, long live Bacchus'
2:01
Pedrillo, Osmin
10.
'What do you say, brother Osmin?'
1:16
Pedrillo, Osmin, Belmonte
11.
'Belmonte! Is it possible'
0:10
Constanza, Belmonte
No. 15: Aria
12.
'When our hearts are overflowing'
4:53
Belmonte
No. 16: Quartet
13.
'Ah, Belmonte, ah my dear one!'
2:54
Constanza, Belmonte, Pedrillo, Blonda
14.
'And yet within my heart'
2:00
Belmonte, Constanza, Pedrillo, Blonda
15.
'I will. Ah, blame me not . . .'
1:35
Belmonte, Pedrillo, Constanza, Blonda
16.
'If men mistrust our honour'
4:29
Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo
Act III
No. 17: Aria
17.
'Love, only love, can now direct me'
6:36
Belmonte
18.
'Ah, Pedrillo! Is everything well?'
0:32
Belmonte, Pedrillo
No. 18: Romance
19.
'In Moorish lands a maiden fair'
3:01
Pedrillo, Belmonte
20.
'Look,she's opening the window'
1:33
Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Osmin, Constanza
No. 19: Aria
21.
'My triumphant hour's approaching'
3:25
Osmin
22.
'What does all this mean?'
3:27
Pasha Selim, Osmin, Constanza, Belmonte
No. 20: Recitative and Duet
23.
'What dreadful fate conspires against us'
2:42
24.
'You must suffer for my rashness'
3:32
25.
'Then my life I gladly offer'
3:02
Belmonte, Constanza
26.
'Guards! Bring in the two slaves!'
2:36
Osmin, Pedrillo, Belmonte, Blonda, Pasha Selim, Constanza
No. 21: Vaudeville and Chorus
27.
'Your noble mercy passes measure'
2:47
Belmonte, Constanza, Blonda, Pedrillo, Osmin
28.
'The nobelman despises vengeance'
1:03
Constanza, Blonda, Belmonte, Pedrillo
29.
'Pasha Selim, live for ever'
1:22
Chorus
Solo: David Kelsey speaking part - Pasha Selim
Solo: Mattiwilda Dobbs soprano - Constanza
Solo: Jenifer Eddy soprano - Blonda
Solo: Nicolai Gedda tenor - Belmonte
Solo: John Fryatt tenor - Pedrillo
Solo: Noel Mangin bass - Osmin
Choral: Ambrosian Singers
Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
6-15 October & 22 December 1967
