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Sir Claus Moser

Sue Lawley's castaway is public servant Sir Claus Moser.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a man of quite extraordinary diversity. Now Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, his other jobs have included chairing the Board of the Royal Opera House and leading the government's Central Statistical Office under three Prime Ministers. But it is his passionate love of music, however, which has dominated his life throughout his many careers, and he'll be undertaking the difficult task of selecting just eight records to accompany him to the desert island.

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

Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A volume by James Thurber
Luxury: Concert grand Steinway piano

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Fri 25 Aug 1989 09:05
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 'Archduke'

    • Beethoven:The Archduke Trio.
    • HMV.

  • Franz Liszt

    Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

    • Piano Music.
    • Turnabout.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No. 4 in G minor

    • Mozart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasia in F minor, D940

    • Schubert.
    • Turnabout.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    • Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary.
    • CBS.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespers 1610

    • Vespro Della Beata Vergine.
    • Decca.

  • Wotan's Farewell (from Die Walküre)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      The Marriage Of Figaro

      • EMI.

  • Book Choice

    • A volume - James Thurber

  • Luxury Choice

    • Concert grand Steinway piano

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Sir Claus Moser

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Nov 1988 12:15
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  • Fri 11 Nov 1988 09:05
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  • Sun 20 Aug 1989 12:15
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  • Fri 25 Aug 1989 09:05
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