[mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Release Title

[Aaron Cooper]

On 15-Feb-08, at 12:30 AM, Brian Schweitzer wrote:
>> When classical discs are reissued with new cover art or new
>> "spellings" of the works on the disc, http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ClassicalReleaseTitleStyle
>>  provides a means of grouping them all together under one release
>> with a common release title derived from the works on the release  
>> in a
>> specified format.
>>
>> Otherwise we might get the following:
>>
>> Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3
>> Symphonies Nos. 1-2-3
>> Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 / No. 2 / No. 3
>> Symphonies 1-3
>> ... and so on.
>>
>> ClassicalReleaseTitleStyle let's us group these all under one release
>> (assuming same performers and same recording) as "Symphonies Nos.  
>> 1-3".
>
> Yes, and I think what then needs to be clarified is that CSG's Release
> title guidelines are intended to help guide to some consistency (just
> like, say, "vol." --> ", Volume"), to avoid the above, not to
> completely replace the title.
>
> The question then is, given "The Five Symphonies" on one release, if
> the reissue is just "Symphonies 1-5", how does that work into this
> concept?  Do we keep "The Five Symphonies" as somehow a more "real"
> title than "Symphony Nos. 1-5"?  And how would we describe this so
> it's non-ambiguous?

Good question.

"The Five Symphonies" seems like a more "real" title than "Symphony  
Nos. 1-5"... but it only identifies the works on the disc.  Both  
titles ultimately mean the same thing.  It wouldn't bother me if we  
decided to change what's printed ("The Five Symphonies") to  
"Symphonies Nos. 1-5".  Something like "The Quiet Symphonies" or "The  
Relaxing Quartets" or something that doesn't simply identify the work  
numbers I would think we'd keep.  If the printed title is just  
identifying the pieces on the disc, I don't see why we can't take some  
creative liberties and format the title to follow our style guidelines.

-Aaron