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Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Natalia Makarova

21/07/1984

Natalia Makarova

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Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer Natalia Makarova

Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer Natalia Makarova.

Natalia Makarova is starring in a revival of the musical On Your Toes, but she trained as a classical ballet dancer at the Kirov School in Leningrad. She tells Roy Plomley about her defection to the West during a tour with the Kirov Ballet in 1970, about her work with the American Ballet Theatre and the Royal Ballet 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: Violin Concerto No 2 in E by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Poetry by Aleksandr Pushkin
Luxury: Wine - Chateau Margot 1961

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Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1946 – 2004.

Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics. Over 900 programmes, as broadcast from 1946 – 2004.

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Geraldine Ferraro is Democrats' choice for vice-president nomination.

Democrat convention ends with Mondale-Ferraro as running mates for the forthcoming presidential elections.

Democrat convention ends with Mondale-Ferraro as running mates for the forthcoming presidential elections. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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