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1.
Castaway's favourite
Domenico Scarlatti
Harpsichord Sonata in A minor
Soloist: Robert Lester
Dame Janet Baker
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 07 Aug 1982
Opera singer - mezzo-soprano
Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.
Choices
3.
George Frideric Handel
Water Music
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner
4.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'
Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti
5.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C major 'Great'
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
6.
Francesco Cavalli
Vivi A'Nostri Amori
Soloist: James Bowman, Janet Baker Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Raymond Leppard
7.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli
8.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Colin Davis
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Mon 27 May 1968
Opera singer - mezzo-soprano
Roy Plomley's castaway is mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.
Choices
2.
Castaway's favourite
King's College Chapel Choir
Psalm 51
4.
Henry Purcell
Birthday Ode 'Welcome, welcome, glorious morn'
Choir: Ambrosian Singers Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Raymond Leppard
5.
Giuseppe Verdi
Stabat mater (from Four Sacred Pieces)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
7.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 10: Meine Seel erhebt den Herrn
Choir: London Bach Society Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
8.
Sir Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius - Praise to the Holiest
Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra and Choir Conductor: John Barbirolli
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