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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Finch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni)
Soloist: Eberhardt Wachter Orchestra: The Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra
Stephen Fry
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 27 Nov 1988
Comedian, Writer , Actor
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a man who prefers to shun any sort of label, but has already attracted quite a number of them - writer, actor, raconteur, wit - but it is as a so-called 'alternative comedian' that Stephen Fry has been most remarkable, and he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his somewhat chequered past and his highly successful present.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
3.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Non più andrai (from The Marriage of Figaro)
Soloist: Guiseppe Taddei Orchestra: The Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
4.
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
I've Got You Under My Skin
6.
Castaway's favourite
Richard Wagner
Magic Fire Music (from Die Walküre)
Soloist: Hans Hotter Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: George Solti
7.
Giuseppe Verdi
Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto)
Soloist: Sherrill Milnes / Dame Joan Sutherland / Luciano Pavarotti / Tourangeau Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Richard Bonynge
8.
Richard Wagner
Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)
Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: The Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
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