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Georg Solti

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Georg Solti.

Favourite track: Falstaff (Act 2 Scene 1) by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Michelangelo's The Last Judgement

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Boxing Day 1966 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No. 4 in G minor

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Quartet

  • Winston Churchill

    Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat (speech, 13 May 1940)

  • Love Duet (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Suthaus Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor

    Soloist: Dinu Lipatti Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • William Shakespeare

    When my love swears that she is made of truth (Sonnet No. 138)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Falstaff Act 2, Scene 1

      Soloist: Frank Guarrera, Giuseppe Valdengo Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Book Choice

    • Faust - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Michelangelo's The Last Judgement

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Georg Solti

Broadcast

  • Boxing Day 1966 13:10
    Home Service

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