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Ralph Fiennes

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Last broadcast on Fri, 5 Nov 1999, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

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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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Music played

  1. Kathleen Ferrier Blow The Wind Southerly

    The World of Kathleen Ferrier, Decca
  2. David Bowie David Bowie Ziggy Stardust

    Ziggy Stardust, EMI
  3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D minor

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

    Mozart Requiem K626, Decca
  4. Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

    Soloist: Alfred Brendal

    Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Philips
  5. Turk Murphy Jazz Band When My Sugar Walks Down The Street

    Favourites, Good Time Jazz
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven 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
  7. Nina Simone Nina Simone Feeling Good

    The 60s Volume 1, Mercury
  8. Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach St Matthew Passion - Mache dich, mein Herze

    Soloist: Fischer-Dieskau Orchestra: The Munich Bach Orchestra

    St Matthew Passion, Archive

Broadcasts

  1. Sun 31 Oct 1999
    11:15
  2. Fri 5 Nov 1999
    09:00

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