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Carlo Maria Giulini

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Carlo Maria Giulini.

Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Mirror of Perfection - The Praise of Created Things by St Francis of Assisi

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17 minutes

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Mon 19 Aug 1968 12:25

Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

      Orchestra: Busch Quartet

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major, D935 No. 2

    Soloist: Artur Schnabel

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 36 in C major 'Linz'

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E minor

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Claude Debussy

    F锚tes (from Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome Conductor: Victor de Sabata

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto Act 3

    Soloist: Leonard Warren, Zinka Milanov et al Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Credo in un Dio crudel (from Otello)

    Soloist: Titta Ruffo

  • Book Choice

    • The Mirror of Perfection - The Praise of Created Things - St Francis of Assisi

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Carlo Maria Giulini

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Aug 1968 12:25

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