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Victor Gollancz

Roy Plomley's castaway is publisher Victor Gollancz.

Favourite track: Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Year of Grace by Victor Gollancz
Luxury: Meerschaum pipe

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Jan 1961 13:10

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Hector Berlioz

    Voici des roses (from The Damnation of Faust)

    Soloist: Charles Panzera

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Contessa, perdono (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Sena Jurinac, Franco Calabrese Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Governor's Aria, Act 2 (from Fidelio)

    Soloist: Alfred Poell Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La traviata)

    Soloist: Enrico Caruso, Alma Gluck

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 9 in C major 'Great'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Book Choice

    • The Year of Grace - Victor Gollancz

  • Luxury Choice

    • Meerschaum pipe

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Victor Gollancz

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Jan 1961 13:10

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