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Stuart Burrows

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Stuart Burrows.

Favourite track: O For The Wings Of A Dove by Felix Mendelssohn
Book: The complete works by Oscar Wilde
Luxury: Soap

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9 minutes

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Mon 31 Jan 1972 12:25
91热爆 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • John Hughes

    Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)

  • Giuseppe Di Stefano

    Addio, Sogni Di Gloria

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      O, for the wings of a dove (from Hear My Prayer)

      Soloist: Ernest Lough, G. Thalben-Ball

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Mad Scene (from Lucia Di Lammermoor)

    Soloist: Joan Sutherland Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stuart Burrows Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor - Et incarnatus est

    Choir: 91热爆 Chorus

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (from Nabucco)

    Choir: La Scala Chorus

  • Mario Lanza

    I'll Walk With God

  • Book Choice

    • The complete works - Oscar Wilde

  • Luxury Choice

    • Soap

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Stuart Burrows

Broadcasts

  • Sat 29 Jan 1972 19:00
    91热爆 Radio 4
  • Mon 31 Jan 1972 12:25
    91热爆 Radio 4

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