Lord Rothschild

Lord Rothschild has spent much of his life as Assistant Director of the Research Department of Zoology at Cambridge University, but that has not prevented him from taking active roles in industry, heading the government's think tank and writing several books. He talks about the many facets of his career to Roy Plomley, and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Choices

1.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor

Soloist: Christiane Jacottet

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2.

Castaway's favourite

Art Tatum

Get Happy

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3.

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Honky Tonk Train Blues

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4.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Oboe Concerto in C major

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5.

Vladimir Horowitz

Étude In A Flat

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6.

Teddy Wilson

Every Now and Then

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7.

Franz Liszt

Funérailles (from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses)

Soloist: Jorge Bolet

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8.

Cantor Samuel Malavsky & Family Choir

B'rosh Hashono

Book

Book on pure mathematics

Luxury item

Pad of A4 paper

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