Alicia de Larrocha

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Alicia de Larrocha — Artist · desert is.land

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2000s

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Castaway · 16 July 2000Sue Lawley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

How 'Can't we try a little longer?' made Patricia Batty Shaw WI secretary

Castaway · 22 July 1978Roy Plomley

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Claudio Arrau on teaching himself to read music before he could read words at age four

Castaway · 4 July 1960Roy Plomley