Alfredo Campoli on Desert Island Discs 21st August 1953

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and violinist Alfredo Campoli.
Luxury: Football

40 minutes

Last on

Fri 21 Aug 1953

Music Played

Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 5 In A Minor (Opus 37)

Soloist: Jascha Heifetz Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

Giuseppe Verdi
Sul del Nilo (from Aida)

Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata Prelude to Act 3

Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

Paul Whiteman's Swinging Strings
Ragging The Scale

Vladimir Horowitz
Capriccio In F Minor (Opus 28, No. 6)

Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème)

Soloist: Beniamino Gigli

Raymond Glendenning
Exhibition Snooker Albany Club, Joe Davis V Horace Lindrum

Alfredo Campoli
Symphonie Espagnole

Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eduard van Beinum