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Viscount Rothermere

Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman Viscount Rothermere.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Viscount Rothermere. As proprietor of the Daily Mail, the Mail On Sunday, London's Evening Standard and a string of regional newspapers, he is the last of the hereditary grandees who once dominated the newspaper industry. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his family's long involvement with newspapers, about his own views on the ethical problems facing the press today and about his ability to see into the future.

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

Favourite track: How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm by Eddie Cantor
Book: Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Luxury: A pair of scissors

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Apr 1996 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Dame Nellie Melba

    • La Boheme.
    • Saga.

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Scherzo (Burlesque)

    Soloist: Zoltan Kocsis Orchestra: The Budapest Festival Orchestra

    • Bella Bartok Early Works For Piano and Orchestra.
    • Philips.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Eddie Cantor

      How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm

      • Original Recordings.
      • RCA Classics.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 8 in C minor

    Orchestra: The Kirov Orchestra

    • Kirov Orchestra St Petersburg.
    • Philips.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' -5th movement

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonica Conductor: Zubin Mehta

    • Mahler Symphony No 2.
    • Decca.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Martha Argerich Conductor: Riccardo Chailly

    • Martha Argerich.
    • Philips.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Concerto No 3 in D Minor

    Soloist: Martha Argerich Conductor: Riccardo Chailly

    • Martha Argerich.
    • Philips.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

    • Bruckner Symphony No 9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Book Choice

    • Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

  • Luxury Choice

    • A pair of scissors

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Viscount Rothermere

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Apr 1996 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 19 Apr 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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