Ewan McGregor

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is the actor Ewan McGregor. In the last 10 years, Ewan McGregor has become a star on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to films such as Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Brassed Off and Star Wars - the Phantom Menace. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Choices

1.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Horn Concerto No. 4 In E flat major

Soloist: Dennis Brain Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

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2.

Gabriel Fauré

Agnus Dei (from Requiem)

Choir: The Union Chorale de la Tour de Peilz Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

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3.

Chet Baker

Alone Together

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4.

Eddie Vedder

The Long Road

Artist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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5.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Tin Pan Alley

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6.

Paice Ashton Lord

I’m Gonna Stop Drinking

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7.

Castaway's favourite

Jimmy O’Brien Moran

Dark Lochnagar

8.

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Amazing Grace

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Book

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

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Luxury item

Chromatic Harmonica

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