New York Philharmonic, conducted by Bruno Walter

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

New York Philharmonic, conducted by Bruno Walter — Artist · desert is.land

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1980s

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Igor Aleksander on being a Yugoslav refugee on the run from the Nazis
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Lord Montagu
Montagu on the greatest dilemma of his life: choosing eight records
Castaway · 30 August 1987Michael Parkinson
Miklos Rozsa

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

Miklos Rozsa on writing pop songs under the pseudonym Nick Tomei

Castaway · 1 December 1984Roy Plomley

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David Lloyd Jones on hearing the Magic Flute overture aged eight

Castaway · 2 October 1982Roy Plomley