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Rosalind Plowright

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano singer Rosalind Plowright.

Rosalind Plowright, the soprano, began singing professionally with the Glyndebourne Touring Opera Company, but her career did not really take off until she won a competition in Sofia in 1979.

In conversation with Roy Plomley, she describes her rise to international recognition, she talks about her role in Verdi's The Sicilian Vespers for the English National Opera and she chooses the eight records she would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: The collected works by William Wordsworth
Luxury: Windsurfer

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40 minutes

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Fri 11 May 1984 09:05
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      The Lark Ascending

      Soloist: Iona Brown Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major 'Trout'

    Soloist: Clifford Curzon Orchestra: Vienna Octet

  • Peter Sellers

    Radio Today: The Critics

    Artist: Irene Handl

    • Songs for Swingin' Sellers.

  • Elaine Paige

    Memory

    • Cats.

  • Tristan und Isolde Act 3

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem Mass

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus Conductor: Carlo Maria Guillini

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Qui la voce sua soave (from I Puritani)

    Soloist: Maria Callas Orchestra: Orchestra Of La Scala, Milan

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 4 in E flat major 'Romantic'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - William Wordsworth

  • Luxury Choice

    • Windsurfer

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Rosalind Plowright

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 May 1984 18:25
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Fri 11 May 1984 09:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4

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