Anna Del Conte
Italian cookery writer Anna Del Conte joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the cookery writer Anna Del Conte.
Born to a wealthy Milanese family, she arrived in Britain in 1949 where her Italian ingenuity with food was sorely needed in a nation still facing rationing and no olive oil. Her books, starting with Portrait of Pasta in 1976, helped to change all that, and established her as a food hero for younger cooks like Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith.
She has still more to teach however: whatever you do, she says, you shouldn't serve bolognese with spaghetti as it's just the wrong shape. Tagliatelle is much better.
Record: Part of the duet from the first act of Otello
Book: The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Luxury: Extra virgin olive oil.
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Fabrizio De Andr茅
Bocca Di Rosa
Composer: Fabrizio De Andr茅
- Volume 1.
- Bluebird.
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Giuseppe Verdi
The Overture to the third act of Verdi's La Traviata
Artist: Arturo Toscanini 鈥� conducting the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
- La Scala Edition. Vol.2 1915-1946.
- EMI.
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Luigi Boccherini
Minuet from the String Quintet in E
Artist: I Musici
- Mozart: Pachelbel:Albinoni:I Musici.
- Philips.
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Charles Trenet
Que reste-t-il do nos amours? What remains of our love
Composer: Charles Trenet/Leo Chauliac
- Charles Trenet.
- Columbia.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
L脿 ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)
Artist: Teresa Berganza (and Ruggero Raimondi) with the Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel
- More Amore: The Great Italian Love Duets.
- Sony Classical.
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Bing Crosby
I Never Realised
Composer: Cole Porter
- Bing Crosby sings Cole Porter Songs.
- Brunswick.
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Joseph Haydn
The Adagio from Haydn's String Quartet No.2 in C Major
Artist: The Amadeus Quartet
- Haydn: Stringquartets Op. 54 & 55..
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Part of the duet from the first act of Otello
Artist: Placido Domingo 鈥� and Mirella Freni with the opera of La Scala, Milan conducted by Carlos Kleiber
- Verdi: Otello.
- Music and Arts Programs of America.
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Book Choice
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The Leopard - Giuseppe di Lampedusa
Luxury Choice
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extra virgin oil
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Anna Del Conte |
Broadcast
- Fri 19 Nov 2010 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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