Jessye Norman, with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by Kurt Masur

Tuning in…

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

Jessye Norman, with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, conducted by Kurt Masur — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

2 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Chris Patten
Chris Patten on predicting to John Major that he would lose his seat in Bath
Castaway · 3 November 1996Sue Lawley
Lord Palumbo
How a request to paint fingernails on a Paris flight led Peter Palumbo to his wife
Castaway · 26 September 1993Sue 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