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Leontyne Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Leontyne Price.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: How to be Your Own Best Friend by Mildred Newman
Luxury: Soap

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8 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Sep 1973 12:25
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor

      Soloist: Alexis Weissenberg Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Aretha Franklin

    Spanish Harlem

  • Ray Charles

    I Can Make It Through The Days But Oh Those Lonely Nights

  • Georges Bizet

    MΓͺlons! Coupons! (Card Scene) (from Carmen)

    Soloist: Leontyne Price, Monique Linval Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Sempre libera (from La traviata)

    Soloist: Leontyne Price, Ryland Davis Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'

    Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

    Soloist: Robert Shaw Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Leontyne Price & Andre Previn

    My Melancholy Baby

  • Book Choice

    • How to be Your Own Best Friend - Mildred Newman

  • Luxury Choice

    • Soap

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Leontyne Price

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Sep 1973 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 24 Sep 1973 12:25
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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