[mb-style] Setting Classical Release Artists to Performers

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

On Feb 4, 2008 3:28 AM, Jim DeLaHunt <from.nabble at jdlh.com> wrote:

> I would
> prefer to see the performer's name in the "artist" tag, and to see the
> composer's name as part of the "title" tag. My reasoning is that since
> classical recordings differ immensely depending on the performers, when
> looking for a classical recording, I consider a performer's name to be
> just
> as important as the names of the composer and piece.... In fact, I
> consider
> the performer's name to be more important than the composer's.... '


Let me see: to your ear, Rubinstein's interpretation of the Emperor is more
different from Kempff's then Rubinstein's interpretation of the Emperor is
different from his performance of a Chopin concerto? You have an interesting
ear, but I definitely don't feel like you do!

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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