Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan, conducted by Claudio Abbado

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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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Transmission

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

Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan, conducted by Claudio Abbado — Artist · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1980s

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Peter West
Peter West on sitting next to CB Fry at Taunton
Castaway · 20 September 1987Michael Parkinson

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

Geoffrey Grigson on his headmaster telling him he would read classics

Castaway · 16 October 1982Roy Plomley