31st December 1989 with Sue Lawley

1. Finale of Act Two of Puccini’s Tosca, sung by Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi

2. ‘La fileuse’ played by Yvonne Arnaud with string orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. from LP Glorious John

3. Third movement of Franck‘s Symphony in D minor, played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Giulini)

4. ‘Je t’aime’, from LP Les triomphes d’Yvonne Printemps

5. Fourth movement of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, divlayed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Bernstein)

6. Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, played by Lazar Berman with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Giulini)

7. Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Maazel)

8. ‘New York, New York’, played by the Boston Pops Orchestra (Williams)

Outright Choice: the Mahler (theme music to Death in Venice)
Book: Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
Luxury Object: A distillery

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