Robert Harris
Best-selling author Robert Harris joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the best-selling writer Robert Harris.
He was, apparently, a political junkie from a young age; he was just six when he wrote the essay: 'Why me and my dad don't like Sir Alec Douglas Home' and he also had an early realisation that he wanted to grow up to be a writer. His first novel - Fatherland - imagined a world after the Nazis had won World War II. It sold more than three million copies and made him a household name. "I can remember I wrote the opening sentence and I practically had to go and lie down afterwards," he said, "the possibilities of it - and the feeling that I'd finally arrived at what I wanted to do - it was overwhelming."
Record: Every Day I write the book - Elvis Costello
Book: Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Luxury: A nightly fragrant bath.
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Music Played
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion - Mache dich, mein Herze
Artist: Ulrik Cold
- St Matthew Passion.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra & The Sentimentalists
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
Composer: Fields/McHugh
- Hits of 44.
- ASV.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D Major
Artist: The English Concert and Choir, led by Trevor Pinnock
- Gloria-Vivaldi-Corelli….
- Archiv.
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Stubby Kaye (with chorus)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat
Composer: Frank Loesser
- Guys and Dolls: Original Broadway cast.
- MCA.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Three Oboes, Three Violins and Bass
Artist: The Concentus Musicus of Vienna led by Nicolaus Harnoncourt
- Telemann: Double Concertos.
- Teldec.
Castaway's Favourite
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Elvis Costello
Every Day I Write the Book
Composer: Costello
- Very Best of Elvis Costello.
- Universal Music tv.
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Antonio Lotti
Gloria
Artist: Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble led by Thomas Hengelbrock
- Lotti.Missa Sapientiae.Bach….
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Charles Trenet
La Mer
Composer: Charles Trenet
- Charles Trenet.
- Columbia.
Book Choice
Scoop - Evelyn Waugh
Luxury Choice
A nightly fragrant bath
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Robert Harris |
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Nov 201011:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 3 Dec 201009:00BBC Radio 4
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