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Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Max Jaffa.

Luxury: Violin and champagne

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Mon 20 Jan 195813:10
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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Juan

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Stars and Stripes Forever

  • Richard Strauss

    Frühling (from Four Last Songs)

    Soloist: Lisa Della Casa Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karl Böhm

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 36 in C major 'Linz' - rehearsal

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Nathan Milstein

    Paganiniana

  • Фёдор Шаляпин

    Glory To Thee Oh Lord (from Twofold Litany)

    Artist: Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan of Paris

  • Stephen Foster

    Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair

    Soloist: Max Jaffa, Jack Byfield, Reginald Kilbey

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major

    Soloist: Jascha Heifetz Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fritz Reiner

  • Luxury Choice

    • Violin and champagne

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMax Jaffa

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Jan 195813:10
    Home Service

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