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Carroll Gibbons

Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader and pianist Carroll Gibbons.

Luxury: Music manuscript paper

40 minutes

Last on

Tue 8 Jan 195218:20
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Issay Dobrowen

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

    Soloist: Vladimir de Pachmann

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Bing Crosby - Song of the Islands

  • The Melachrino Strings And Orchestra

    Charmaine

  • Les Howard

    Some Enchanted Evening

  • Robert Farnon & His Orchestra

    Great Day

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel di vedremo (One fine day) (from Madama Butterfly)

    Artist: Joan Hammond

  • Luxury Choice

    • Music manuscript paper

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestCarroll Gibbons

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Jan 195218:20
    Home Service

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