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Colin Thubron

Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron.

The castaway on this week's Desert Island Discs is novelist and travel writer Colin Thubron. Author of books on the Middle East, China and Russia, he will be divulging to Sue Lawley some of the delights and dangers of his many experiences, as well as sharing his passion for music.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Love Duet (from Creation) by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: A Year of Grace by Victor Gollancz
Luxury: Scuba-diving equipment

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 Oct 1989 09:05
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    O tu che in seno (from La forza del destino)

    Soloist: Giovanni Martinelli

    • Arias by Verdi, Leoncavallo, etc.
    • Pearl.

  • Dervishes

    Ceremony Of Mevelvi Whirling Dervishes

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major

    Soloist: Alfred Brendel

    • Piano Ctos k.488 & 595.
    • Philips.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Der Abschied (from Das Lied von der Erde)

    Soloist: Christa Ludwig

    • Mahler.
    • EMI.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder)

    Soloist: Janet Baker Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra

    • Janet Baker: Songs by Berlioz, Faure, Elgar, Mahler.
    • Classics for Pleasure.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 - 7th movement

    Orchestra: Lindsay String Quartet

    • String Quartet No. 14.
    • ASV.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Nebensonnen (from Winterreise)

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    • Schubert.
    • Movimento Musica.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Joseph Haydn

      Love Duet (from The Creation)

      Soloist: Gundula Janowlitz & Fischer-Dieskau

      • Haydn.
      • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Book Choice

    • A Year of Grace - Victor Gollancz

  • Luxury Choice

    • Scuba-diving equipment

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Colin Thubron

Broadcasts

  • Sun 22 Oct 1989 12:15
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Fri 27 Oct 1989 09:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4

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