Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Moonlight Sonata

Moonlight Sonata

The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor, commonly known as the Moonlight Sonata, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1801. Performed by Paul Pitman for Musopen.

Wonderfully beautiful and masterful playthrough of Beethoven's Sonata. Recording is flawless, no background noise.

Nominate and support. haha169 (talk) 10:20, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Certainly well played with a very clear recording. I've a minor quibble that I don't think the performance brings out all the drama in the music - the middle section is a bit insipid where it should be more forthright. Having said that I think it is of high quality and should be promoted. Are the other movements of the piece on the web-site too? If so, could they be uploaded and added to the nomination? If not, is there a good recording of the whole sonata No 14 on there somewhere? Oppose See my note for the delist nomination. Major Bloodnok (talk) 10:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We have a trio of featured sounds of the moonlight sonata at Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Moonlight. I'm trying to figure out what the heck happened on that page, as both this nomination and the three featured sounds and one additional file are all there, and the three featured sounds are not grouped together. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:46, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sound File	What it is	Status
File:Moonlight.ogg	7:53 long Adagio Sostenuto (First movement?) played by User:Jfarjona	Featured
File:Beethoven Moonlight 1st movement.ogg	6:00 First Movement created in MIDI and played on a digital piano.	Not Featured
File:Beethoven Moonlight 2nd movement.ogg	2:05 Second Movement created in MIDI and played on a digital piano.	Featured
File:Beethoven Moonlight 3rd movement.ogg	6:55 Third Movement (Presto agitato) created in MIDI and played on a digital piano.	Featured
File:Ludwig van Beethoven - sonata no. 14 in c sharp minor 'moonlight', op. 27 no. 2 - i. adagio sostenuto.ogg	6:03 recording. First movement?	Currently nominated

What should we do? Is the first of the three pieces in the set not as good as the currently featured first piece of the set? Does breaking up the set damage it? Is the current nomination better than the other two first movements? Sven Manguard Wha? 17:04, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For my money, the currently nominated version of the first movement is by far the best. I don't like the MIDI version because, well, it's a MIDI version. As carefully crafted as it is, it doesn't sound fresh - there is a noticable delay at the start of every bar in the first mvt which sounds inauthentic to me. The slow recording by Jfarjona is generally played well, but the piano is not terribly good with some very shrill notes in the treble. I notice the MIDI versions were nominated in 2008; maybe it is time to reassess? I couldn't find out when the other version was nominated though. Major Bloodnok (talk) 17:44, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Musopen features all three movements, I believe, so if someone has an account on that website and is willing to upload it for us, it would be highly appreciated. I'm just surprised that they are charging money to download high-quality public domain music...bandwidth costs probably. --haha169 (talk) 01:49, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That set was always a little funny. If we can get a decent full recording by one person, that'd be better. Perhaps we should open at least some of the old set to delisting? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:43, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On the main subject, I suggest we Delist our current set, and Suspend this nomination, to see if we can get the whole Musopen set. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, the current MIDI set shows evidence of a crude cut-and-paste job in the 1st Movement. Major Bloodnok (talk) 08:16, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is there one more vote for moving forwards with the delist/suspend? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah sure, seems sensible enough. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Per proposal on moving forwards, all current Moonlight Sonata FSes are delisted, and current discussions closed, without prejudice to future nominations. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:36, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]