I'm now officially an old bastard.!!!!

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

as I purchased my first ever classical CD yesterday.

Holsts "The Planets" performed by the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra.

 

[Frank Inkerman]

What on earth possessed you to do that Phil?

Another sign of aging is "purchasing" something - youngsters still "buy" things!

 

[Dave the OAP]

as I purchased my first ever classical CD yesterday.

Holsts "The Planets" performed by the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra.

Who is the conductor?

 

[sams dad]

An old bastard at 38!!
That makes me f*****g decrepit (I'm 55)

 

[Wardy]

Good album though.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Who is the conductor?

Zubin Mehta

 

[Dave the OAP]

Zubin Mehta

Yes, good version. Mehta was the conductor of the first 3 Tenors in Rome

I have it by the Berlin Philarmonic, which is very good

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Nah... I've been buying classical CDs since I was about 17 (Schubert's Die Winterreiese, if you're interested). You're not an old bastard at all. I own about ten now.

 

[Nemesis]

as I purchased my first ever classical CD yesterday.

Holsts "The Planets" performed by the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra.

Officially old....us young people download for free

 

[Molango's visa]

Get yourself some Ludwig Van, Phil. He's the daddy.

D' D' D' duh . . .

 

[Gwylan]

Blimey, I've been buying classical LPs (as they were then called) since I was in my early teens. My most listened album at uni was Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations. I don't think buying classical music is any mark of age - it's not like you bought a pack of Werther's Originals.

 

[Jesus Gul]

youngsters still "buy" things!

and 'nick' things!

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I probably am an old bastard at 44, but my MP3 has loads on it, Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Chopin. Quality listening when I don't feel like Thin Lizzy !

 

[Dave the OAP]

Mozarts Quintet in E Flat major is my most played on the Ipod.

Lovelly piece of music to wash away the rigours of the day.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

This is my personal favourite

 

[Dave the OAP]

My favourite all time piece of music which is terrific to listen to and terrific to sing is this:

sussmyr or levin ( prefer sussmyr's)

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Trouble is, we all have heared so much classical stuff, often without realising it. Lot's of the rap & RnB have sampled classics and they are also widly used in ads.

Shame I don't know many by their names. I do have a 5CD collection of classics though.

 

[Simon Morgan]

Benjamin Britten Cello Suites - Fact.

 

[Everest]

as I purchased my first ever classical CD yesterday.

Holsts "The Planets" performed by the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra.

You're not trying to play it on one of these, are you?

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

You're not trying to play it on one of these, are you?

Ah, that's where I'm going wrong.