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19/06/2013

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Presented byKirsty Young

Desert Island Discs Presenter Kirsty Young

Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones

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Broadcast

First broadcast: Sat 11 Dec 1976

Actor, Musician, Singer

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Gemma Jones.

Choices

Fryderyk Chopin

1.

Fryderyk Chopin

Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9/2

Soloist: Alexis Weissenberg

Others who chose this artist

Gracie Fields

2.

Gracie Fields

Fred Fannakapan

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Mark Tinkler

3.

Mark Tinkler

Away In A Manger

Procol Harum

4.

Procol Harum

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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Carl Orff

5.

Carl Orff

Veni, veni, venias (from Carmina Burana)

Orchestra: Deutsche Oper Choir and Orchestra, Berlin

Others who chose this artist

Bob Dylan

6.

Bob Dylan

Lay, Lady, Lay

Others who chose this artist

Richard Wagner

7.

Castaway's favourite

Richard Wagner

Siegfried Idyll

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

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Roberta Flack

8.

Roberta Flack

Killing Me Softly (With His Song)

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Book

The Oxford Book of English Verse by

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Luxury item

Armchair

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