Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio) — Ludwig van Beethoven — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio) — Ludwig van Beethoven — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio) — Ludwig van Beethoven

14 episodes

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Adrian Noble
Chris Patten
Edward Robey
Harold Evans
Helen Oxenbury
James Loughran
Janet Holmes à Court
Jeremy Isaacs
Jessye Norman
John Julius Norwich
Lucinda Lambton
Patricia Hayes
Ralph Fiennes
Sir Alec Broers

Helen Oxenbury
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Sir Alec Broers
Alec Broers on being thought lonely at university for enjoying ice skating and music
Castaway · 1 April 2001Sue Lawley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

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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