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Jose Carreras

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Jose Carreras.

Favourite track: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina) (from La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Luxury: Velazquez, Les Hilanderas

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Fri 12 Dec 198009:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (from Pagliacci)

    Soloist: Enrico Caruso

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La danza (from Soirèes musicales)

    Soloist: Mario Lanza

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giacomo Puccini

      Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème)

      Soloist: Guiseppe Di Stefano Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra Conductor: Antonio Votto

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ingemisco (from Requiem Mass)

    Soloist: Jussi Björling Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Fritz Reiner

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Fritz Wunderlich Orchestra: Hamburg Opera Orchestra Conductor: Artur Rother

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Col sorriso d'innocenza (from I Pirata)

    Soloist: Montserrat Caballe Orchestra: Italian Radio Orchestra Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6 in A minor

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Non la sospiri (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Maria Callas, Guiseppe Di Stefano Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra Conductor: Sabata

  • Book Choice

    • Poems - Rabindranath Tagore

  • Luxury Choice

    • Velazquez, Les Hilanderas

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJosé Carreras

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Dec 198018:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 12 Dec 198009:05
    BBC Radio 4

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