Arturo Toscanini

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Arturo Toscanini — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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1960s

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Benno Moiseiwitsch
Georg Solti
John Julius Norwich
Marlene Dietrich
Raymond Leppard
T C Fairbairn

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T C Fairbairn on driving a crane as his first job
Castaway · 18 May 1974Roy Plomley
Raymond Leppard

desert is.land

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

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Most requested
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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Raymond Leppard on the fire that destroyed his Monteverdi score

Castaway · 4 March 1972Roy Plomley

Georg Solti

09°41′S 036°27′W

Georg Solti

Georg Solti on being unable to make tea on a desert island

Castaway · 26 December 1966Roy Plomley

Arthur Fiedler

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Arthur Fiedler

Arthur Fiedler on ringing doorbells to fund free concerts

Castaway · 1 March 1965Roy Plomley

Marlene Dietrich

17°49′S 156°52′W

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich on giving up the violin because she hated doing things in halves

Castaway · 4 January 1965Roy Plomley

Benno Moiseiwitsch

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Benno Moiseiwitsch

How a fallen brick got Benno Moiseiwitsch expelled from school

Castaway · 27 October 1958Roy Plomley

John Julius Norwich

T C Fairbairn

Raymond Leppard

Georg Solti

Arthur Fiedler

Marlene Dietrich

Benno Moiseiwitsch