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Ralph Fiennes

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Ralph Fiennes.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Ralph Fiennes. His first Hollywood film role was as the Nazi concentration camp leader in Schindler's List, a part which, he says, had a profoundly disturbing effect on him. His latest project, playing the jaded hero Onegin, is the culmination of a long held desire to bring Pushkin's novel to the big screen.

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

Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: A la Recherche du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Pen and limited supplies of ink and paper

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Nov 1999 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Kathleen Ferrier

    Blow The Wind Southerly

    • The World of Kathleen Ferrier.
    • Decca.

  • David Bowie

    Ziggy Stardust

    • Ziggy Stardust.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner

    • Mozart Requiem K626.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

    Soloist: Alfred Brendal

    • Beethoven Piano Sonatas.
    • Philips.

  • Turk Murphy Jazz Band

    When My Sugar Walks Down The Street

    • Favourites.
    • Good Time Jazz.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Mir ist so wunderbar (from Fidelio)

      Soloist: Ingeborg Hallstein, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick and Gerhard Unger Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

      • fidelio.
      • EMI.

  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • The 60s Volume 1.
    • Mercury.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion - Mache dich, mein Herze

    Soloist: Fischer-Dieskau Orchestra: The Munich Bach Orchestra

    • St Matthew Passion.
    • Archive.

  • Book Choice

    • A la Recherche du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Pen and limited supplies of ink and paper

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Ralph Fiennes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 Oct 1999 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 5 Nov 1999 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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