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Benno Moiseiwitsch

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch.

Luxury: Roulette table

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Mon 27 Oct 195813:10
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Music Played

  • Winston Churchill

    This Was Their Finest Hour (speech, 18 June 1940)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello Act 1 - rehearsal

    Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5

    Soloist: Bidu Sayao

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Stars and Stripes Forever

  • Frédéric Chopin - Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64/1 'Minute Waltz'

    Soloist: Victor Borge

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Death of Boris (from Boris Godunov)

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch

  • Luxury Choice

    • Roulette table

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBenno Moiseiwitsch

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Oct 195813:10
    Home Service

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