Claudia Roden

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the award-winning cookery writer Claudia Roden whose Book of Middle Eastern Food revolutionised Western attitudes to the cuisines of the Middle East. Her Book of Jewish Food has been described as 'the richest and most sensuous encyclopaedia of Jewish life ever set in print'. She chooses eight records to take with her to the mythical island.

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

Choices

1.

Ibrahim el-Hagger & Sami Nussair

Samal El Aryan

2.

Judith Cohen with Gerineldo

Ventanas Altas

3.

Castaway's favourite

Édith Piaf

L'Accordeoniste

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4.

Giuseppe Verdi

Caro nome (from Rigoletto)

Soloist: Joan Sutherland Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

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5.

Mikis Theodorakis

Vraho vraho (My grief is like a rock)

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6.

Luciano Pavarotti

O Sole Mio

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7.

Klevrisa Ensemble

Alter Yiddisher Tants (Old Jewish Dance)

8.

Johann Sebastian Bach

English Suite No. 1 in A major - 1st movement

Soloist: Murray Perahia

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Book

A La Recherche Du Temps by Marcel Proust

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Luxury item

Oil paints and brushes

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