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Jeanette Winterson

Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Jeanette Winterson.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Jeanette Winterson. Her first book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was based on her Lancashire childhood where she grew up as the adopted daughter of evangelical parents. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her upbringing - in which her parents saw her as a child they could dedicate to God, about how she left home at 15 after falling in love with another woman and about how she finally managed to get herself into Oxford.

Her first book won the Whitbread Prize and has been followed by more books and more prizes, all of which have attracted criticism and acclaim in equal measures.

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

Favourite track: Di, Cor Mio from Act 1 of Alcina by George Frideric Handel
Book: Four Quartets by T S Eliot
Luxury: A case of Krug champagne

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Oct 1994 09:05
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farΓ² senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier

    • The World Of Kathleen Ferrier.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)

    Soloist: Christa Ludwig, Karl BΓΆhm, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Walter Berry

    • Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutti.
    • EMI.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre Γ  ta voix (from Samson and Delilah)

    Soloist: Marilyn Horne Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra Of Monte-Carlo Conductor: Laurence Foster

    • Opera Arias.
    • RCA Victor.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Maria Callas Orchestra: Orchestre De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire Conductor: George Pretre

    • Maria Callas: La Voix Du Siecle.
    • RCA Victor.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito e nascosto (from Giulio Cesare)

    Soloist: Janet Baker Orchestra: The English National Opera Conductor: Charles MacKerras

    • Handel: Julias Caesar.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • George Frideric Handel

      Di', cor mio, quanto t'amai (from Alcina)

      Soloist: Arleen Auger Orchestra: City Of London Baroque Sinfonia Conductor: Richard Hickox

      • Handel: Alcina.
      • EMI.

  • Richard Strauss

    Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt (Act 3 Trio) (from Der Rosenkavalier)

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Teresa Stich-Randall / Christa Ludwig Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

    • Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier.
    • EMI.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Happy were he (from Gloriana)

    Soloist: Langridge Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Welsh National Opera Conductor: Charles MacKerras

    • Britten: Gloriana.
    • Argo.

  • Book Choice

    • Four Quartets - T S Eliot

  • Luxury Choice

    • A case of Krug champagne

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Jeanette Winterson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Oct 1994 12:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 14 Oct 1994 09:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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