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Mitsuko Uchida

Sue Lawley's castaway is pianist Mitsuko Uchida.

This week, Sue Lawley's desert island castaway is the pianist Mitsuko Uchida. She was born in Japan, but, when she was 12, her family moved to Vienna, where she fully immersed herself in the music that she has now become famous for playing - Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and in particular, Mozart. Her aim is to be always faithful to the composer whose work she is trying to interpret.

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

Favourite track: Cello Suite No 1 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: A title, in Russian and English, by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Piano

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 May 1996 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G major

      Soloist: Pablo Casals

      • J.S. Bach Cello Suites B.W.V. 1007-12.
      • EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    FrΓΌhlingstraum (from Winterreise)

    Soloist: Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten

    • Schubert: Winterresie.
    • Decca.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

    Soloist: Edwin Fischer Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic

    • Brahms Piano Concerto No 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Di scrivermi ogni giorno (from Cosi fan tutte)

    Soloist: Erich Kunz, Sena Jurinac, Blande Thebom

    • Cosi fan Tutte - Glyndebourne.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

    Soloist: Adolph Busch

    • Busch Quartet - Works By Beethoven.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for solo violin No 3 in C major BWV1005

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.

    Soloist: Milton Katims, Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider

    • Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Vanguard.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major

    Soloist: Milton Katims, Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider

    • Schubert String Quintet.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion - My dearest Saviour

    Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra Choir: The Wandsworth School Boys Choir

    • Bach St. John Passion.
    • Decca.

  • Book Choice

    • A title, in Russian and English, - Leo Tolstoy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Mitsuko Uchida

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Apr 1996 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 3 May 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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