Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Stephen Sondheim.
Favourite track: Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Winters and Others
Book: Collected works by E B White
Luxury: Piano
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Orchestra: Orchestre De La Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
Concerto For Orchestra
Orchestra: Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Porgy and Bess
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
Poems
Piano Concerto for Left-Hand in D minor
Soloist: Robert Casadesus Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Symphony Of Psalms
Choir: English Bach Festival Chorus Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roy Plomley |
| Interviewed Guest | Stephen Sondheim |
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