Sigh. You know fine well that contemporary can refer to two different things within this context: 1) Music that is not Classical, such as pop, rock, electronica, jazz, dance etc.; 2) Modern, which is why works by Classical/fusion composers such as Fernandez, Richter, Baranowski and Kent all feature in this thread. In fact, pretty much everything I posted by them was released in the last five years. This demarcation is not of my making just to be picky and awkward, but an academic one used widely in universities, articles and books. It’s exactly the same as for romantic/Romantic, though it is not always capitalised in my experience - a synonym for contemporary Classical is neo-Classical, of course. For the life of me, I can’t work out why you’re pleading ignorance or being so sarky.
Like, seriously, how hard can it be? Every other thread on this forum is not Classical. If I wanted a discussion about garage or ambient post-rock, I would open one. The suggestion that parameters are exacting is laughable considering the OP welcomes contributions from all eras, a period of time spanning literally centuries of evolving traditions including avant garde movements such as musique concrète - most of Frank Es acousmatic thread would qualify, for example - and related TV or film scores. Just because something has a piano in it (or whatever) doesn’t make it Classical, otherwise I might as well post Step On by Happy Monday, twist my own melon and have done. After that, I’ll be sure to head over to your folk thread and post Dorset Perception by Shpongle, because it features an acoustic guitar and female vocals, so sue me etc. *more eye rolling* Frankly, it’s tiresome to find myself defending this topic from someone with your ears, likely killing it in the process, having defended that one when Nicki Minaj was posted, but yeah, whatevs. I can’t force anyone to play ball and wouldn’t want to, but please let’s not pretend you don’t understand.
Yes, I am familiar with Winged Victory and while I would not have included them personally, would suggest they are a good example of “grey areas”.