Young Cody's jealousy of his placid younger brother Ezra accelerates. 
1.
Johann Strauss II
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Orchestra: J. Strauss Orchestra of Vienna Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Kingsley Amis
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 09 Nov 1986
Novelist, Poet
Kingsley Amis won the 1986 Booker Prize for his novel The Old Devils. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his childhood in South London, the success of his first published novel Lucky Jim, which he wrote when a lecturer at Swansea University, and his subsequent career as a don at Cambridge and then as a full-time novelist.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
2.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute Act 2
Soloist: Irma Beilke, Carla Spletter, Rut Berglund Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
4.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Mon 29 May 1961
Novelist, Poet
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Kingsley Amis.
Choices
1.
Troise and his Mandoliers
Moonlight Kisses
8.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major
Soloist: Annie Fischer Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
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