Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 — Richard Strauss

desert is.landest. 1942

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Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 — Richard Strauss — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 — Richard Strauss

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Arthur C Clarke
Bruce Tulloh
Charlie Cairoli
Charlotte Rampling
Noel Barber
Professor Colin Blakemore
Robert Lindsay
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Robert Lindsay

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

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