Tagging classical music

[gnomus]

(27-04-2014 18:10)bbrip Wrote:  ...
Thats certainly one way to do it but it would confuse me. I prefer to see each Sonata separately (ie. Album = Sonata). It gives me the big advantage to see all performances of a certain sonata by different artists next to each other. Or I search by artist (ie Andras Schiff) and I get all albums (= Sonatas) recorded by him neatly showing up underneath each other.
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This was my original plan, but I realised that I was going to end up with 100+ "albums" for the Piano Sonatas alone, and only slightly fewer String Quartet "albums". I am, therefore, using a hybrid approach, If I have a single CD with just 2 or 3 sonatas, I will put them into separate albums (so that I know which number sonatas I have). However, for "complete collections" (and that would include things like "Late String Quartets") I will have them all in one "album". If I want to compare my single Gilels 'Hammerklavier' with that of Schnabel, then I can just go to my complete Schnabel "album".

I am probably going to do the same with my collections of the symphonies by conductor.

There's no "right" way, of course, but discussions like these help me to think about the different options.