Lauritz Melchior

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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

Lauritz Melchior — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee on being told he was playing all the parts in the play
Castaway · 26 February 1995Sue Lawley
Montserrat Caballe
Montserrat Caballe on why her father never played her records
Castaway · 10 October 1981Roy Plomley
Igor Kipnis

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

Igor Kipnis on falling for the harpsichord after hearing Landowska

Castaway · 4 December 1976Roy Plomley

01°49′S 160°26′W

T C Fairbairn on driving a crane as his first job

Castaway · 18 May 1974Roy Plomley