Felix Aprahamian
Sue Lawley's castaway is musician and critic Felix Aprahamian.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the music writer and critic Felix Aprahamian. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as a music critic on the Sunday Times for over 40 years, he has lived at the epicentre of 20th-century musical life - meeting such luminaries as Poulenc, Messiaen, Delius and the French organist and composer, Charles-Marie Widor. He'll also be discussing his views on the contemporary music scene, and describing his house in North London where, now aged 80, he lives surrounded by musical artefacts, literature and scores that have accumulated over his long career.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Christ Der Ein'ge Gottes Sohn by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Du Cote De Chez Swann by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Swiss army knife
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Frederick Delius
A Mass of Life
Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
- A Mass Of Life.
- CBS Classics.
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Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Orchestra: The New Symhony Orchestra Of London Conductor: Eugene Goosens
- Tintagel.
- HMV.
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Maurice Ravel
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Soloist: Maggie Teyte
- The Orchestral Recordings.
- HMV.
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Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande
Soloist: Irene Joachim Orchestra: The Choeurs Yvonne Gouverne Orchestra Symphonique
- Debussy: Melodies.
- EMI.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Orchestra: The ±«Óãtv Philharmonic Conductor: Edward Downes
- Rachmaninov Symphonies.
- ±«Óãtv Records.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 96: Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn
Orchestra: Andre Marchal
- J.S. Bach 3 Preludes Et Fuges.
- Ades.
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Aragon
C
Artist: Francis Poulenc & Piete Bernac
- Two Poems By Louis Aragon.
- HMV.
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Frederick Delius
A Mass Of Life
Conductor: Norman Del Mar Choir: The ±«Óãtv Singers Orchestra: The ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra
- Delius - A Mass Of Life.
- Intaglio.
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Book Choice
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Du Cote De Chez Swann - Marcel Proust
Luxury Choice
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Swiss army knife
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Felix Aprahamian |
Broadcasts
- Sun 19 Mar 1995 12:15±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Fri 24 Mar 1995 09:05±«Óãtv Radio 4
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