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Raymond Leppard

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Raymond Leppard.

Favourite track: Et Resurrexit by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Iliad by Homer and The Odyssey by Homer
Luxury: Gin, dry Martini and lemons

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25 minutes

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Mon 6 Mar 197212:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Mass in B minor - Et resurrexit

      Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra & Choir

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tutto nel mondo è burla (from Falstaff)

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Budapest String Quartet

    Italian Serenade In G Major

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures - Where corals lie

    Soloist: Janet Baker

  • Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Eudora Welty

    Why I Live at the P.O.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Le marteau sans maître - 9th movement

    Soloist: Jeanne Deroubaix

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro (Madrigal, Book 7)

    Soloist: Gerald English, Hugues Cuenod

  • Book Choice

    • The Iliad - Homer, The Odyssey - Homer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Gin, dry Martini and lemons

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestRaymond Leppard

Broadcasts

  • Sat 4 Mar 197219:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 6 Mar 197212:25
    BBC Radio 4

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