'The Abduction from the Seraglio' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a comic opera in three acts, was extremely popular during the composer's lifetime. In order that this music could also be played by music lovers at home, the best-known and most popular pieces were often arranged for other instruments. Of Mozart's major operas alone, more than 50 arrangements for various instrumentations from around 1800 are known to exist as separate editions. This new edition contains a selection of scenes from the ...

• Singt dem großen Bassa Lieder (Chor der Janitscharen) / Allegro
• Hier soll ich Dich denn sehen, Konstanze / Andante
• Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe! / Allegro
• Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen / Adagio
• O Engländer, seid ihr nicht Toren / Andante
• Frisch zum Kampfe! Frisch zum Streite! / Allegro con spirito