Catherine Cookson. the novelist, includes in her personal choice of records some which recall her upbringing in the North East, some purely for pleasure, others of music which assists and inspires her writing. She's chosen DEREK OLDHAM singing Thora, TAMAS VASARY playing Chopin, BEECHAM conducting Grieg. EMIL GILELS playing a Tchaikovsky piano concerto and JOAN SUTHERLAND singing 11 Bacio.
