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Roy Plomley's castaway is wine expert Cyril Ray.

Favourite track: Voi Che Sapete by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour by R S Surtees
Luxury: Airmail edition of The Times

30 minutes

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Mon 7 Oct 1974 12:25
Â鶹Éç Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Jacques Offenbach

    La Périchole

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens De L'Opéra, Paris

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Voi che sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro)

      Soloist: Fiorenza Cossotto Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • MacArio

    Il Tamburo Della Banda D'Affori

  • Léo Delibes

    °ä´Ç±è±èé±ô¾±²¹

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Irving

  • Oscar Straus

    Waltz (from La Ronde)

    Orchestra: Vienna State Orchestra Conductor: Robert Stolz

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Oboe Concerto in B Flat Major

    Soloist: Sydney Sutcliffe Orchestra: Virtuosi Of England Conductor: Colin Davison

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Waltzes)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

    Orchestra: Dresden State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) (from Dido and Aeneas)

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: Mermaid Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour - R S Surtees

  • Luxury Choice

    • Airmail edition of The Times

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Cyril Ray

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Oct 1974 19:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4
  • Mon 7 Oct 1974 12:25
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4

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