Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 – 4. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 – 4. Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

1839 -Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 and the finale (8:08)

Alisa Weilerstein, Awadagin Pratt and Joshua Bell perform Felix Mendelssohn's 1839 Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 and the finale, Allegro assai appassionato at the White House Evening of Classical Music on November 4, 2009.

1839 - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 and the finale

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Reason: To me, this seems like a high caliber and high quality recording of a notable work that has high EV and adheres to the Wikipedia:Featured sound criteria. The trio is one of Mendelssohn's most popular pieces of chamber music and it is performed with the instruments for which it was scored.
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Creator: Whitehouse.gov
Articles in which this recording appears: Alisa Weilerstein, Awadagin Pratt, Joshua Bell, Piano Trio No. 1 (Mendelssohn)

Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:11, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - fantastic performance ... maybe it'd be worth cutting out the tuning at the start? I've fixed the filenames in the same manner as I did with Kodály's Sonata for Solo Cello. However, since MediaWiki does not allow colons in filenames, I've substituted that symbol for a comma. Graham87 07:25, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I could cut out the turn at the beginning. These are just the original source files from whitehouse.gov unedited. The video might be tricky because the title comes right at the very end of the turn (I think one of the turn sounds even comes after the title starts). Would we want the audio and video to have the exact same start point? I think optimal audio clipping would be more than video clipping because of the title. Because of this consideration, I just left the noisy first 3 seconds in both.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 11:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I think the video and audio should optimally have the same starting point. The tuning isn't that big a deal, anyway. Graham87 14:19, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1839 - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 and the finale edit1

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Support edit1 As before, removed clicks as far as possible, and trimmed the start and the end as well as adding a fade out.Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 18:25, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Any thoughts on the video?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - The video looks fine, but given we shouldn't worry about using up the 100MB limit, I think the quality of the image should be increased because we're only using 28MB or so - a higher bit-rate certainly would make it look much better. I currently find it hard to say this was our best work. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 23:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - For the converter that I use, the choices are a 200MB file at automatic bit rate or 30MB file at 400 bit rate. There is nothing in between, although there are 3 lower bit rates. Thus, to the best of my abilities with the tools we have this is my best work. Maybe with non-freeware you might be able to do better, but I can't.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Support ~~original video~~ and audio edit 1--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support audio edit 1 ... much better. I can't comment on the video, since I can't see its output. :-) Graham87 00:42, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Version 2 - Higher bit-rate, although the size on the screen is smaller. The converter I have won't allow me to play with the settings in OGV format, but my edit software will. If I can manage a better one, I will. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 21:42, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Version 2 Although I don't notice a quality difference, it took half as long to load on my machine. I regard it as a better conversion for that reason.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I don't care about the video edits, but all the improved versions should eventually be moved to the Commons. Graham87 14:18, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support—ooh yah, great playing. Higher bit-rate good. Tony (talk) 13:36, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoting 20091104 Joshua Bell, Awadagin Pratt, and Alisa Weilerstein - Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 - 4. Finale, Allegro assai appassionato edit1.ogg (audio) and 20091104_Joshua_Bell,_Awadagin_Pratt,_and_Alisa_Weilerstein_-_Mendelssohn%27s_Piano_Trio_No._1_in_D_minor,_Op._49_-_4._Finale,_Allegro_assai_appassionato.theora.ogv (video) --Guerillero | My Talk 19:41, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]