Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Paganini's Cantabile

Paganini's Cantabile

Reason

This file is a high-EV contribution to WP and meets all Wikipedia:Featured sound criteria. I am nominating both since for some people the smaller (14.56MB vs 2.51MB) audio file is the only option.

Composed by

Niccolò Paganini

Creator

Whitehouse.gov

Articles in which this recording appears

Cantabile, Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Niccolò Paganini

• Nominate and support both. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:37, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
• Oppose—In audio terms: the guitar overpowers the violin in many places (this is a miking problem; didn't they do a sound check beforehand? It's amateurish). I can forgive a few tuning issues in the violin, and a few "poked" notes on the guitar that are less than beautiful—the balance is the killer. The vid: if a video is to be promoted, it should be professionally produced in such controlled, prepared circumstances. This three-cam production is not all OK: the composition (the framing of the musician, particularly in relation to their head) is not ideal; there's a static quality about two of the cams, which look like they've just been stuck there without an operator; and it's rather darker than you'd want. Tony (talk) 03:24, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
• Weak support for the audio only version. Video does not play for me. Sounds interesting to me and is in lots of articles. However, it is not really discussed in text of the composer article (is it a less important composition?). I lack the ability to judge music points Tony raised.
• Oppose As per Tony1. The balance is all wrong - the guitar is the accompaniment which is dominant in the mix while the violin is the melody and at times I can barely hear it. The framing is terribly awry in places and far from ideal. This I could forgive if the audio was up to scratch. I have a problem with this video illustrating the Cantabile page, but I suppose an editor with more knowledge than I will remove it if it's deemed inappropriate. It is far from clear on the Paganini page that this was a terribly notable piece, which limits the EV. A moot point given the quality of the audio. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 19:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Not promoted The lack of strong support for both files and the technical concerns raised by Tony1 have substantial ground and I feel that because of this, neither file may be promoted at this time. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 11:22am • 01:22, 31 July 2011 (UTC)