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Ileana Cotrubas

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Ileana Cotrubas.

Favourite track: Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: History of the whole world
Luxury: Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

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Tue 20 Mar 197912:20
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orpheus and Euridice)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E flat major

  • Claude Debussy

    Pelléas et Mélisande

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in F major, Op. 34/3

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 4 In D Minor

  • Franz Schubert

    Klavierstücke in E flat major, D946 No. 2

  • Book Choice

    • History of the whole world

  • Luxury Choice

    • Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestIleana Cotrubaș

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Mar 197918:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 20 Mar 197912:20
    BBC Radio 4

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