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Roy Plomley's castaway is producer Peter Rogers.

Favourite track: Sanctus by Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur
Book: Bound volume of Punch from the 1960s
Luxury: Ninth record: Massenet's Elegie

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Mon 22 Oct 197312:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    Méditation (from Thaïs)

    Soloist: Roger André Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No. 3 in D flat major

    Soloist: Tamás Vásáry

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite

    Orchestra: Orchestre De La Suisse Romande

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Étude In C Sharp Minor

  • Eduard Kaufmann

    Adagio In G Minor

  • César Franck

    Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op.18

    Soloist: Simon Preston

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Chœurs Élisabeth Brasseur

      Sanctus

      Artist: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Bound volume of Punch from the 1960s

  • Luxury Choice

    • Ninth record: Massenet's Elegie

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestPeter Rogers

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Oct 197319:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 22 Oct 197312:25
    BBC Radio 4

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