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[edit] The Four Seasons

A remarkable donation of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons from the Wichita State University Chamber Players. This was uploaded as one of twelve files; I am nominating the first movement as a stand-in for the entire piece. Not only is this a fine performance of an iconic work from a large ensemble, it is technically well-recorded and we are fortunate to have been given the entire work, not just a selection.

  • Nominate and support. - Pharos 20:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Clean recording, well played. I'm fine with this movement representing the others in FS, as long as they all link to each other. --Tewy 23:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
    • The only problem with some of the other uploads is a few coughs. --Tewy 04:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment So far the first recording is good if a little turgid, except it cuts out just before the cadence! A trill with no final note! Oh, the pain! Also, it is huge. Huge. So, anyway, I took the liberty of making an edit, see above, although the in-browser player probably won't work right away because of database lag or some-such. I normalised it, faded out the end so the missing candence isn't so jarring, and exported it at -5 (the level where humans can't tell the difference, but makes it a reasonable size for people to download). I can do this for the others as well, if there is a consensus that it is useful. Mak (talk) 19:21, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose Neutral for now, the copyright is not clear to me, because the source site (accessed throught the Internet archive)gives no information about releasing it under a CC-By-Sa license. Mak (talk) 22:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I have responded to this concern at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Image:01 - Vivaldi Spring mvt 1 Allegro - John Harrison violin.ogg.--Pharos 07:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
      • Ah, thanks. I've put an e-mail in to the professor, just to double-check. In the meanwhile, what do you think about the edit? Mak (talk) 19:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
        • Thanks, it's good to compress a bit (these are rather large files). I did notice, though, that it's also much shorter, 24 seconds instead of 3 1/2 minutes. This was intentional, right? Excuse me if this question comes from a misunderstanding of your previous comment.--Pharos 01:11, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
          • Hm, I asked someone else, and they also said it was 24 seconds. I thought the cutoff was very odd. Hm. Well, then, let me try again, I'll compress the files without shortening them so much! Oh, and I got a message back from the professor, the copyright is fine. Mak (talk) 01:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
            • Is this is writing (for future copyright comfirmation)? --Tewy 21:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
              • Say again? Mak (talk) 21:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
                • Is the message from the professor about the copyright in writing, so if the issue needs to be proven, it can be? --Tewy 22:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
                  • Yes, I have an actual e-mail which I can forward to otrs-permissions, however someone on commons has brought up another issue about whether he really has the right to release the recording, so I need to e-mail him again. Mak (talk) 22:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
                    • Okay thanks, that's all I was curious about. --Tewy 23:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
                      • OK, now the copyright is really seriously fine, and User:Gmaxwell is fixing up the metadata and normalising. Mak (talk) 02:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
                        • So, Mak, are you supporting it now? (we do need those 4 votes...)--Pharos 18:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
                          • I spent weeks talking Dr. Harrison through the process of converting them to ogg, and uploading them, and putting them in the articles. Seeing this here makes all that work seem worthwhile :) Raul654 05:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Support - looks OK, copyright status now confirmed. Listening to some of the other movements was a pleasure, if the strings are just a little overbearing and weighty on occasion. Good enough, though. Nice work! Cheers, Moreschi Request a recording? 10:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Mak (talk) 18:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Very clear sounding, and perfect execution of this very widely known classical piece. Jerichi~Profile~Talk~ 01:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


Promoted 01 - Vivaldi Spring mvt 1 Allegro - John Harrison violin.ogg --KFP (talk | contribs) 20:04, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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