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

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

The program was originally broadcast in 1977, and the presenter was Roy Plumley.

On our Desert Island this week is the violinist and conductor Yehudi Manoen.

Throughout your career, I believe you found it helpful to give yourself a sabbatical occasionally

to rethink things and recharge the batteries.

In fact, I believe you're having one at the moment.

Yes, but I wish what you said were true.

This is in fact the first sabbatical year since I was about 20 years old.

This is only your second?

Yes, it's only my second.

I'm rather ashamed of that, but I'm planning the next within two years.

Good idea.

Of course, the Desert Island isn't a bad place for a rethinking sabbatical.

Perfectly true.

I should look forward to that.

Only you haven't allowed me nearly enough discs to fill the long for a leisure.

Only eight, I'm afraid.

Very cruel.

Very cruel you are.

What is the first one?

Baskowski's Strauss, the Kaiserwalter.

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