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Sir Charles Mackerras

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 07 March 1999

Sue Lawley's guest this week is the Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. A world authority on Janacek, he is also a pioneer in the authentic performance of Handel, Bach and Mozart. He chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Marriage of Figaro - Sextet from Act 3 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Translation in either German, Italian or Czech by William Shakespeare
Luxury: If a hot island - a huge bottle of suntan lotion and if a cold island - a pillow

Richard Wagner Selig wie die Sonne (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Wagner Singing on Record, EMI
Arthur Sullivan/Mackerras Pineapple Poll (finale)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Gibert and Sullivan: Princess Ida, London
Leos Janacek Katya Kabanova Act 1
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Kata Kabanova, Supraphon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major - 3rd movement
Soloist: Thea King Orchestra: Gabrielli String Quartet
Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet, Hyperion
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Riconosci in quest' amplesso (from The Marriage of Figaro)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
Le Nozze di Figaro K492, Telarc
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 7 in D minor - 3rd movement
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonies No 7 and 8, Koch
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished' - 2nd movement
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic
Brahms Symphony No. 3: Schubert No. 8, Deutsche Grammophon
Gustav Mahler Der Abschied (from Das Lied von der Erde)
Soloist: Janet Baker Orchestra: The Royal Concert Orchestra
Das Lied von der Erde, Philips

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