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Denise Robins

Roy Plomley's castaway is romantic novelist Denise Robins.

Favourite track: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Family photograph

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Jan 1973 12:25

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Die Walk眉re

      Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.

    Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn

  • Enrique Granados

    The maiden and the nightingale (from Goyescas)

    Soloist: Victoria De Los Angeles Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Lorin Maazel

  • Robert Schumann

    Im wundersch枚nen Monat Mai (from Dichterliebe)

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

  • Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (from Cantata No. 208)

    Soloist: Phyllis Sellick, Cyril Smith

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Family photograph

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Denise Robins

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Jan 1973 19:00
  • Mon 22 Jan 1973 12:25

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