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Andor Foldes

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Andor Foldes.

Book: Anthology of English Verse by Edith Sitwell
Luxury: The DΓΌrer

30 minutes

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Mon 14 Dec 1959 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non so piΓΉ cosa son (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Louise Helletsgruber Orchestra: Glyndebourne Festival Opera Orchestra

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor

    Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 In F Minor

    Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Kurt Sanderling

  • Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes Prologue

    Soloist: Owen Brannigan, Peter Pears Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion - Erbarme dich

    Soloist: Herta Töpper Orchestra: Bach Orchestra, Munich

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k - Duke Bluebeard's Castle

    Soloist: Mihaly Szekely, Klara Palankay Orchestra: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: JΓ΅nos Ferencsik

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C Minor

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of English Verse - Edith Sitwell

  • Luxury Choice

    • The DΓΌrer

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Andor Földes

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Dec 1959 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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