Wanda Landowska

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Wanda Landowska — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1970s

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Arthur Fiedler
Daniel Barenboim
Richard Buckle
Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison
Ruggiero Ricci
Sir Clifford Curzon

Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim on only taking records out of politeness
Castaway · 7 May 2006Sue Lawley
Ruggiero Ricci
Ruggiero Ricci on being made to wear a velvet Lord Fauntleroy suit
Castaway · 9 April 1983Roy Plomley
Richard Buckle

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

How Richard Buckle spent £75,000 to save Diaghilev's costumes

Castaway · 15 September 1979Roy Plomley

Sir Clifford Curzon

02°42′S 156°47′W

Sir Clifford Curzon

Clifford Curzon on his first paid performance in a freezing Kennington church

Castaway · 17 June 1978Roy Plomley

Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison

21°44′S 096°21′W

Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison

How Gerald Ellison handled the Oxford sinking in the Boat Race

Castaway · 11 March 1978Roy Plomley

Arthur Fiedler

02°14′S 027°45′W

Arthur Fiedler

Arthur Fiedler on ringing doorbells to fund free concerts

Castaway · 1 March 1965Roy Plomley

Daniel Barenboim

Ruggiero Ricci

Richard Buckle

Sir Clifford Curzon

Rt Rev. And Rt Hon. Gerald Ellison

Arthur Fiedler