Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/1812 Overture

1812 Overture

 * Reason: This is an extremely famous composition ant it meets all Featured sound criteria.
 * Composed by: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 * Creator: United States Army Band
 * Articles in which this recording appears: 1812 Overture, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, United States Army Band

Not promoted Clear consensus against promotion, due to the lack of activity I've performed this close. —  James ( Talk •  Contribs ) • 9:50pm • 11:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:34, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose—The second chord is out of tune, and so are a lot of the other chords sung by the choir. The instrumental ensemble is fine, but surely it's playing an arrangement of the original ... where are the strings? Now, as far as the performance goes, let me make an educated guess: the instrumental players are all professionals; the choir has a core of quasi-professionals, but they've boosted numbers with ring-ins from the services. They are under-rehearsed ... this is easy homophonic music to perform, but they haven't got it. First thing I'd do with them is to get them to hum it, phrase by phrase, then get them to sing it on the same syllable (even "la-la ..."). It's a pity. Tony   (talk)  07:43, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I have added an audio file because for the reader on a slow connection the 10.3MB audio is a much better option than a 68.37MB video.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:58, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose both For once I agree with Tony1. This is an arrangement and without the strings it sounds like... well, a brass band doing orchestral music. I think this severely limits its EV and cannot be "our best work" or illustrate the music fairly. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 09:56, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Tony1, this is definitely not a high EV piece, the sound is also very wavy and distorted, I hear some clanging as well. It is definitely not well-rehearsed with the presence of longer than usual notes, occasional squeaking and otherwise inaudible sections especially in the signature movements which is disappointing. — James (Talk • Contribs) • 2:26pm • 04:26, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I think we should generally avoid selecting band arrangements of orchestral works as Featured Sounds. By the way, who is the arranger, and how do we know the arrangement is in the public domain? ReverendWayne (talk) 15:22, 25 June 2011 (UTC)