thank you for the info. I appreciate it.
On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:22:37 -0700, Freedomator
<freedom.aint.free@freedom.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:19:22 -0500, sklawlor@mac.com wrote:
>
>>Hi. What, if any, are the best practices for id3 tagging classical
>>works?
>>
>>I'm sure this is somewhat subjective but do you put the original
>>composer in the composer field and the orchestra, or soloist in the
>>artist field?
>>
>>Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.
>
>This is what I've done:
>
>- Artist field contains artist/conductor/orchestra
>- Composer field contains the full name of the composer (b.1966)
>(1740-1810), etc
>- Album Artist contains the Last Name of the composer, or Various
>- Album title is: Composer's last name(s) - Works (bitrate if
>different from CD redbook) - Artist/Orchestra/ensemble/conductor
>
>If the CD contains more than 3 different composers it is labelled as
>Various (VA). The library is sorted Artist Album, Album name, and
>track number.
>
>Examples:
>
>VA - Fritz Reiner (Complete RCA Collection D24) The Reiner Sound
> Album Artist field: Various
> Album title field: Fritz Reiner (Complete RCA Collection D24)
>The Reiner Sound
>
>Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto #2 - Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner (Complete
>RCA Collection D57)
> Album title field = Folder name
>
>Berlioz & De Falla - Les Nuits, El amor brujo - Fritz Reiner (Complete
>RCA Collection D60)
> Album Artist field: Berlioz & De Falla
>
>Album title: Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano -
>Aleck Karis, John Cage
>Artist: Aleck Karis, John Cage
>Genre: 20th Century
>Composer field: John Cage (1912-1992)
>Album Artist field: Cage
>
>It took me a VERY long time to tag everything, including hunting down
>cover art.
>
>Hope this helps
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