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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Tyrone Power.

Luxury: Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks

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Mon 31 Dec 195613:10
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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Major

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Fountains of Rome - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Reinhold Glière - Symphony No 3 in B Minor Opus 42

    Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Igor Markevitch

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

    Soloist: Geza Anda Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Charles Dickens

    Mr Pickwick's Christmas

    Artist: Charles Laughton

  • Jacques Offenbach/Rosenthal

    Gaîté Parisienne

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Walter Susskind

  • César Franck

    Symphony in D Minor

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra

  • Luxury Choice

    • Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestTyrone Power

Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Dec 195613:10
    Home Service

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