Main content

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

Available now

9 minutes

Last on

Mon 31 Jan 1972 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

Richard Ingrams

Next

David Hockney

See all episodes from Desert Island Discs

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: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 31 Jan 1972 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Featured in...

The Desert Island Discs podcast

The Desert Island Discs podcast

Subscribe or download individual episodes.

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

Articles

Read the surprising things we've learned about some stand-out castaways.

Podcast