Desert Island Discs

[kernelbogey]

I've never been a fan of the programme. In such discussions as these I always remember that Frau Schwartzkopf chose eight of her own recordings. So did Jack Teagarden - I hope I've correctly remembered his name - jazz trombonist who I'd never heard of.

I am quite a fan of Private Passions, but that's another thread.

OT, I know

[kernelbogey]

Oh, all right then:

Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor D759, I

The Beatles: She Loves You

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B mior Op 115, I

Bach: St Matthew Passion, final chorus, Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder

Otis Redding: Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay

Schubert: Piano Sonata in D flat major, D960, I

Mahler: Symphony no 9, IV Adagio

Messiaen: Quattuor pour la fin du temps: V Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus

Each has a story to tell... but only to me....

What I've learned is how hard an exercise this is.

[pastoralguy]

And your book and luxury item, Kernal?

[Beef Oven!]

This list is based on the items that would give me the most pleasure, at the exclusion of other items. RIP Jeremy Bentham.

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sexy Pistols
The Valkyrie Act 3 - ENO, Sir Reginald Goodall
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pinky Floyd
Bruckner 8 - VPO, Karajan
Mahler 3 - SWR, Haitink
Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Book: Diary Of A Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith

Luxury item: Swiss Army Knife

[vinteuil]

Luxury item: Swiss Army Knife

... I thought the roolz precluded 'useful' items as luxuries?

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[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... I thought the roolz precluded 'useful' items as luxuries?

Yes - for it to be allowed, it would have to be in a display case with a bullet-proof/shatter-proof glass cover, so it could be looked at, but not used.

[Beef Oven!]

... I thought the roolz precluded 'useful' items as luxuries?

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Ok - a MacBook Pro

[vinteuil]

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[ ... tho' I suppose my luxury in #7 cd be considered 'useful' ]





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[Richard Barrett]

Ok - a MacBook Pro

I guess you could use it to keep the sun off your head once the battery's flat.

[jayne lee wilson]

I guess you could use it to keep the sun off your head once the battery's flat.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=solar+power+macbook+battery&client=safari&rls=en&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV7oe4nMzYAhXrAMAKHeMiDasQ_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=812

[Conchis]

I thought about this a few years ago and these were my choices. I see no reason to change them now.

Wagner: Quintet from Die Meistersinger Act lll (soloists, BPO/Kempe)
Franck: Violin Sonata, especially the Canon (either Chung/Lupu or Perlman/Ashkenazy: both very different but equally valid)
Bruckner: especially the Adagio: Symphony 8 (VPO/Karajan)
Jacques Brel: Mathilde
Scott Walker: The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
Johnny Hartman (with John Coltrane): Lush Life
Messiaen: Quatuor pour le fin de temps (especially the last movement, which would be the perfect music to expire to): Hebrides Quartet
Richard Harris/Jimmy Webb: MacArthur Park

No rock and roll on my island: I could live wihtout r&r but not without orchestras/jazz/semi-kitsch. :)

Book: Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham

Luxury: Wriiting materials.

[kernelbogey]

And your book and luxury item, Kernal?

Ah yes. The comlete Oxford English Dictionary and supplements. About 16 volumes I should think. Might as well take plenty of reading material.

Luxury: writing materials (idea pinched from Conchis )

[Beef Oven!]

I guess you could use it to keep the sun off your head once the battery's flat.

Apparently even that would be disallowed as 'useful'.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Apparently even that would be disallowed as 'useful'.

Yes - the criteria for what's defined as "practical" has changed over the presenters. IIRC, Roy Plomley once allowed someone to take a piano only on the strict understanding that they didn't shelter underneath it! (And Princess Margaret nearly had him sent to the Tower for not letting her take a cat.)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

This TV programme in the BBC archive might be interesting/entertaining in light of this Thread:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0080tp3/arena-desert-island-discs