Budapest String Quartet

desert is.landest. 1942

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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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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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Antal Dorati
Kyung-Wha Chung
Lorin Maazel
Peter Barkworth
Raymond Leppard
Yehudi Menuhin

Lorin Maazel
Castaway · 3 April 2005Sue Lawley
Kyung-Wha Chung
Castaway · 29 December 1979Roy Plomley
Peter Barkworth

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Castaway · 1 September 1979

·Roy Plomley

Yehudi Menuhin

00°59′S 003°42′W

Yehudi Menuhin

Castaway · 16 April 1977Roy Plomley

Raymond Leppard

02°24′S 065°20′W

Raymond Leppard

Castaway · 4 March 1972Roy Plomley

Antal Dorati

01°06′S 026°44′W

Antal Dorati

Castaway · 25 July 1960Roy Plomley

Budapest String Quartet — Artist · desert is.land

Lorin Maazel

Kyung-Wha Chung

Peter Barkworth

Yehudi Menuhin

Raymond Leppard

Antal Dorati