Poverty versus abundance in the US. Plus managing a social stigma for people who stammer. 
1.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (from The Magic Flute)
Soloist: Erich Kunz Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 01 Feb 2004
Businessman, Politician - Labour
This week Sue Lawley's castaway is David Sainsbury, now Lord Sainsbury of Turville.
David Sainsbury who is a grocer and a politician is also one of Britain's richest men and was a multi-millionaire by the time he was in his 20s. However, he says that along with his wealth he has inherited a strong sense of duty. He was the fourth generation of the family to take over the business and became only its sixth chairman in more than 120 years. Although his career at Sainsbury's spanned more than 30 years, he has combined it with following his passion for politics. In the 1980s he bankrolled the Social Democratic Party, and at the time there was talk of him being a future secretary of state for trade in David Owen's cabinet. But, when the SDP imploded in the late 1980s he was disillusioned, and his interest wasn't rekindled until Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party. After the Labour election win in 1997 he was made a lord, and shortly afterwards became a science minister.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
2.
Giuseppe Verdi
Già nella notte densa (love duet) (from Otello)
Soloist: Ramon Vinay & Herva Nelli Orchestra: The NBC Symphony Orchestra
3.
Kurt Weill
Ballad of Mack the Knife (from The Threepenny Opera)
Soloist: Lotte Lenya with Turk Murphy
7.
Gabriel Fauré
Pie Jesu (from Requiem)
Soloist: Marie Mclaughlin Orchestra: The City of London Sinfonia Conductor: Harry Christophers - PRIVATE TAPE
8.
Castaway's favourite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro Finale
Soloist: Thomas Allen & Kiri Te Kanawa Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 11 Oct 1992
Businessman, Politician - Labour
Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman and politician Lord Sainsbury.
Choices
1.
Castaway's favourite
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major - 2nd movement
Orchestra: The Lindsay String Quartet
2.
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Cinderella Act 2
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
3.
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata
Soloist: Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo Orchestra: The Bavarian State Opera Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
5.
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Soloist: Neil Shicoff, Anne Sofie Von Otter Orchestra: The Dresden State Opera Orchestra Conductor: James Levine
6.
The Pan Am North Stars
That Happy Feeling
7.
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Soloist: Fritz Wunderlich Orchestra: The Philharmonia And New Philharmonia Orchestra
8.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major - 4th movement
Orchestra: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham
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