Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording

@noske 

it’s not that complicated. the term ’Classical Music’ can be used in more than one context.

just the facts. no priors.

the original thread poster used ’Classical’ in a general sense, the same way most audiophiles would interpret it.

The Oxford Dictionary defines ’classical music’ as “music written in a Western musical tradition, usually using an established form (for example a symphony). Classical music is generally considered to be serious and to have a lasting value.”

then there are periods of classical (the original poster did not specify this ’period’ use of the term.....which he would have needed to do for clarity were that his intent).

With centuries of history to consider, it can be easy to get in a bit of a twist when it comes to the various eras of Western classical music. Here’s a quick guide to the four key periods we usually learn about in music theory: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century and beyond.

@mikelavigne I guess what you are saying is that you are fine for audiophiles to be general, when in fact I think its imperative to be accurate and precise in matters of import.

I do not agree with the Oxford dictionary definition in this matter, but I do appreciate that you know where I am coming from.

Should the question have been in a general sense, then many movie scores could be considered classical music.  And perhaps cartoons like Looney Tunes (yes, listen, I am sometimes fascinated at the detail).

@noske

i will ask my local friend, Joel-Francois Durand, professor of music composition and acting director the School of Music at the University of Washington, classical (20th Century period😁) composer, and builder of my tonearms, whether he disagrees with the Oxford dictionary definition of Classical music.

https://music.washington.edu/people/joel-francois-durand

he is an expert. and an audiophile.

https://www.durand-tonearms.com/

btw; he also really enjoys the Nojima Plays Liszt recording on Lp and tape.

i have learned much from him.

i know he will tell me to just enjoy the music. and don’t worry too much about it. maybe....if i was in his classroom, he might tell me differently. 

@mikelavigne 

i will ask my local friend, Joel-Francois Durand, professor of music composition and acting director the School of Music at the University of Washington, classical (20th Century period😁) composer, and builder of my tonearms, whether he disagrees with the Oxford dictionary definition of Classical music.

Och, you don't have to do that.  It'd be a bit like asking Robert Plant if Led Zeppelin was a heavy metal band.

There was a thread here a year or so ago and LZ featured as the best HM band of all time.  I took issue.  Oh, and Liszt is Classic.

How about if I duly proclaim some absolute, incontrovertible boundaries for the various periods of what I shall refer to as Serious Music? To be sure, actual historical dates cannot be accurately ascertained but the composers who introduced the various Serious Musical periods are THUS --

Monteverdi shall be the first composer whose music supplants Medieval music for Baroque.

Haydn shall be the composer who supplants Baroque Music with Classical.

Beethoven shall be the composer who supplants Classical Music with Romantic Music.

Stravinsky is entirely, unequivocally responsible for introducing Modern.Classical Music.

And, oh yeah -- Chuck Berry invents Rock & Roll.