La Mer — Claude Debussy — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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La Mer — Claude Debussy — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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La Mer — Claude Debussy

10 episodes

Castaways who chose this

André Previn
Arthur Lowe
Christopher Reeve
Clare Francis
Debbie Wiseman
Henry Williamson
John Ogdon
Marguerite Wolff
Miklos Rozsa
Vlado Perlemuter

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Marguerite Wolff
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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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Broadcasting since 1942
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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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Christopher Reeve

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Christopher Reeve

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Clare Francis

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Arthur Lowe

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Henry Williamson

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Henry Williamson

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André Previn

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