Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/The Lost Chord (1913)

The Lost Chord (1913)
Outside of his operas, this is probably Sullivan's second-best-known work (after "Onward, Christian Soldiers"). Though we have an 1888 recording of this, that recording is notable because if its historic importance, not as a demonstration of the song. In that one, the song is abridged, it's an instrumental recording, and it cuts off before the end of the song. This one, however, displays the song itself to good effect.


 * Nominate and support. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 23:18, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose. Oh dear . . . once again Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday is nominating a singer with no article and no home for the file. There is a famous version of this recorded by Caruso in 1912, (He mangles the English but the 'grand amen' climax is magnificent. Listen!) -- Klein zach  23:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC) P.S. "The Lost Chord" article specifically mentions Caruso. -- Klein  zach  09:16, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The mangling of the English is too much for a song being nominated at least in part because of the lyrics. However, we have an article on "The Lost Chord". This song very much does have a home, and I'm rather concerned about this "singer must be notable" thing, which explicitly excludes all Wikipedian-made recordings. Forgive me, Kleinzach, I respect you a lot, but my goal is to illustrate composers and compositions, and, so long as I'm satisfied as to the singer's quality, I'm not at all concerned about the singers themselves. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 07:36, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Re early vocal recordings, it's important to remember that for technical reasons they represent the efforts of the individual performer far better than they represent groups - let alone an orchestra. If your goal is to "illustrate composers and compositions" you should be looking elsewhere. -- Klein zach  09:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think it matters much with The Lost Chord. It's almost always performed with orchestra in recordings and the like, but the original is voice and piano. Anyway, I've tried modern compositions, but all modern sources for opera have gone over like a lead balloon here. I'd rather use archaic recordings, and hope that this lures in modern performers at some future time, than to abandon my passions completely. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 17:22, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Clean sound considering the recorded period. --Caspian blue 23:15, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Support: For 1913, this is a good-quality recording. I don't care who sang it, Sullivan's second-best-known non-opera deserves to be a featured sound. Den dodge  Talk Contribs 10:26, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Dendodge, this is not the assessment of the Sullivan´s composition and its popularity. --Vejvančický (talk) 11:40, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

 Promoted Arthur Sullivan, The Lost Chord, Reed Miller 1913 (restored 1).ogg. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:09, 8 November 2008 (UTC)