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Lorin Maazel

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Lorin Maazel.

Favourite track: Quartet No. 14 In D Minor by Franz Schubert
Book: The collected works by Epictetus
Luxury: Chess set with a problem book

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Mon 2 Aug 1971 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 In G Major

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata No. 3 in A minor

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote

  • Claude Debussy

    La danse de Puck (from Preludes, Book 1)

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Franz Schubert

      String Quartet No. 14 in D minor 'Death and the Maiden'

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Falstaff

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - Epictetus

  • Luxury Choice

    • Chess set with a problem book

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lorin Maazel

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 Jul 1971 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 2 Aug 1971 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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