My desert island discs

11:35 mareku 0 Comments

While I was in London the day before yesterday I bought a nice book about the Desert Island BBC Radio series (since 1942). The idea is simple - people are asked which (8) discs/tracks they would like to take with them if they would be castaway on a desert island. In the late 1950s' people also could choose a book (next to the bible/Koran or what have you and the complete works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item.
While I am reading the choices of famous people througout the ages, I naturally was wonderering: Which discs would I choice? Now because I am quiet a "Spotiphile" - I am thinking in Spotify tracks and not in ancient discs...
Here is my list (and here you can listen to the tracks on Spotify):
William Walton - Violin Concerto: I. Andante tranquillo (best music track EVER)
Mel Tormé - Comin' Home Baby (because I will...)
Shirley Horn - Here's To Life (when I feel gloomy)
Ramses Shaffy - Aan De Andere Kant Van De Heuvels (the grass is greener on the other side...)
Thomas di Leva -  Ge aldrig upp (NEVER give up!)
Michael Franks - Barefoot On The Beach  (I hope there will be a sunny beach on my island)
Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder: III. Im Treibhaus (to feel the plants around me)
Mahler - Symphony No. 4 in G Major: IV. Sehr behaglich (to remember we are all human)