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Felix Aprahamian

Sue Lawley's castaway is musician and critic Felix Aprahamian.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the music writer and critic Felix Aprahamian. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as a music critic on the Sunday Times for over 40 years, he has lived at the epicentre of 20th-century musical life - meeting such luminaries as Poulenc, Messiaen, Delius and the French organist and composer, Charles-Marie Widor. He'll also be discussing his views on the contemporary music scene, and describing his house in North London where, now aged 80, he lives surrounded by musical artefacts, literature and scores that have accumulated over his long career.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Christ Der Ein'ge Gottes Sohn by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Du Cote De Chez Swann by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Swiss army knife

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Mar 1995 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    A Mass of Life

    Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham

    • A Mass Of Life.
    • CBS Classics.

  • Arnold Bax

    Tintagel

    Orchestra: The New Symhony Orchestra Of London Conductor: Eugene Goosens

    • Tintagel.
    • HMV.

  • Maurice Ravel

    ³§³σΓ©³σΓ©°ω²Ή³ϊ²Ή»ε±π

    Soloist: Maggie Teyte

    • The Orchestral Recordings.
    • HMV.

  • Claude Debussy

    PellΓ©as et MΓ©lisande

    Soloist: Irene Joachim Orchestra: The Choeurs Yvonne Gouverne Orchestra Symphonique

    • Debussy: Melodies.
    • EMI.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor

    Orchestra: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Conductor: Edward Downes

    • Rachmaninov Symphonies.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Records.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Cantata No. 96: Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn

      Orchestra: Andre Marchal

      • J.S. Bach 3 Preludes Et Fuges.
      • Ades.

  • Aragon

    C

    Artist: Francis Poulenc & Piete Bernac

    • Two Poems By Louis Aragon.
    • HMV.

  • Frederick Delius

    A Mass Of Life

    Conductor: Norman Del Mar Choir: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers Orchestra: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra

    • Delius - A Mass Of Life.
    • Intaglio.

  • Book Choice

    • Du Cote De Chez Swann - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Swiss army knife

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Felix Aprahamian

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 Mar 1995 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 24 Mar 1995 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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