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Varsanyi Rudolf
Akinek A Konnye Pereg
Cyril Connolly
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Mon 28 Feb 1966
Literary critic
Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Cyril Connolly.
Choices
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Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande Act 3, Scene 1
Soloist: Erna Spoorenberg, Camille Maurane, Geogre London Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro Act 2, Scene 9
Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Irmgaard Seefried Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
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Castaway's favourite
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rake's Progress Act 3, Scene 3
Soloist: Hilde Gueden Orchestra: Orchestra and Chorus of Metropolitan Opera Association Conductor: Igor Stravinsky
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