Vlado Perlemuter
Desert Island Discs
BBC
4.3 • 14.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 1984
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The pianist Vlado Perlemuter, who was born 80 years ago in Lithuania, has spent most of his life in Paris, where he taught at the Conservatoire between concert tours. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he recalls some of the many musicians and composers he knew, including Cortot, Faure, Ravel and Dukas.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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| 0:00.0 | Hello I'm Kirstie Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive. |
| 0:05.0 | For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music. |
| 0:08.0 | The program was originally broadcast in 1984 and the presenter was Roy Plumlee. On our desert island this week is the distinguished concert pianist |
| 0:33.0 | Vlado Permuter. |
| 0:35.0 | Vlado, you are no stranger to London, are you? |
| 0:38.0 | Well, it's difficult to know London well because I find that such a big city. |
| 0:45.0 | I live in a big city, but it's not the same. |
| 0:49.0 | You live in Paris. |
| 0:50.0 | I find probably because they are more suburbs. I don't know what I find it probably because they are more suburbs I don't know what I find each time I come back to |
| 0:56.8 | London I find it bigger. |
| 0:58.8 | Now this visit is a special one it is to celebrate your 80th birthday. |
| 1:04.0 | Yes, alas. |
| 1:06.0 | And then we go and spoil the celebrations by casting you away on a desert island. |
| 1:12.0 | Could you endure, Lendlinnis? |
| 1:14.4 | Yes, it depends. |
| 1:16.4 | Not too long. |
| 1:17.4 | Well, to tell you the truth, I'm always alone playing piano. |
| 1:22.0 | Yes. So I can't say exactly how long I can endure to be alone |
| 1:29.1 | without playing piano. Well you have the sounds of civilization, you have the sounds of eight records. |
| 1:37.0 | Did you find it difficult to choose just eight to have with you? |
| 1:41.0 | No, but now when I heard them it was also difficult because I was |
| 1:49.7 | a bit not disappointed but in my memory they were a bit different yes but now some of |
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