[mb-style] RFC: Setting Classical Release Artists to Performers

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes.  We could have been writing "Herbert von Karajan conducting
> > Berliner Philharmoniker" I think.  Both mean the same thing to us.
> > Does writing the orchestra first mean we think it's more important?  I
> > guess that's something we have to decide.
> >
> > Personally, I think the conductor *is* more important than the
> > orchestra.  Orchestras change over time with musicians leaving/
> > joining, etc.  I don't think we can pin a specific "style" or "sound"
> > to an orchestra as easily as we can for a conductor.  IMO, conductors
> > have more effect on the music because they are directing the tempo,
> > dynamics, etc. of the performance.
>
>
> Really, are we unable to think in other ways than strictly hierarchical
> systems? More important / less important? It depends. In our current star
> system, of course, directors and soloists are given the first place. But I
> suppose releases focusing on orchestras rather than conductors or soloists
> reveal other aspects of performance. For such releases (I believe I saw a
> few in "budget" labels), the orchestra should be first.
>
> Note that I am not saying I agree with using the performer as the
> ReleaseArtist, only that if we do, we should do it correctly.
>

Of course, now that I really read your post, I understand this was already
covered by rule 4 :-P

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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