Ottorino Respighi

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

Ottorino Respighi — Composer · desert is.land

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1970s

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How Jorge Bolet's Carnegie Hall debut audience included Rachmaninoff, Horowitz and Heifetz
Castaway · 2 March 1985Roy Plomley
Tito Gobbi
Tito Gobbi on eating lawn grass to survive
Castaway · 30 June 1979Roy Plomley

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

How failing a maths exam stopped Spike Milligan becoming a fighter pilot

Castaway · 4 February 1978Roy Plomley

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How Peggy Lee auditioned with one dime to her name

Castaway · 14 May 1977Roy Plomley

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Egon Ronay on how a friend drinking a Russian commander under the table helped him leave Budapest

Castaway · 19 February 1977Roy Plomley