Hello, I'm Kirstie Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1980, and the presenter was Roy Plumley. Our cast away this week is the conductor Claudio Abado.

Mr Abado.

Mr Abado, have you ever imagined yourself on a desert island?

Yes, but when I was in the child, you know, everybody I think the book of his uncle's where I know.

Do you think you could endure loneliness?

I think I can live for a few months there.

I would like to be in a beautiful desert island for a few months.

Well I hope it is indeed beautiful.

Now you've made heaven only knows how many records,

apart from professionally.

Do you play records?

Yes, I like music, you know. I thought you might. On your Desert Island, would you rather have scores than records?

I prefer to score. I can imagine the sound. Was it very difficult to choose just eight records?

Yes, very difficult because you know there's many other music that I would like to have with me like Monteverdi or Verdi or Schubert's 9th with

4thangl. And there are many other records that I would like to have with me.

What's the first one you've chosen?

Bator than 9th with Fort Bangla.

Beto and Knights with Fort Bangla.

Yes.

Did you ever hear him conductors?

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