[mb-users] Album-based classical music

[Edward Barrow]

Well I don't know about Andrew, but I listen by piece or work, such as a 
concerto or symphony, that is, an ordered sequence of usually 3, 4 or 5 
tracks (each movement is typically recorded as a track).

An album often has 2 or 3 such works; a symphony for example may be 
filled out with some liede (songs) to fill up the space.

This is the other reason that album/artist/track doesn't work in 
classical; the first being the fact that artist needs to be split into 
(at least) composer and performer.

Ben wrote:
> Out of curiosity, if you don't listen to your classical music by album 
> or by track, how do you listen to it?
> 
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Andrew Conkling wrote:
> 
>> Hello list,
>> I've just started using MusicBrainz and I'm pretty enthused about the
>> venture.  However, the MusicBrainz style in general is very
>> album-based.  I rarely listen to my classical by album.  For example,
>> finding Mahler's Symphony no. 6 on "The Symphonies [Discs 1 through
>> 10]" is rather difficult.  However, I also don't listen to my
>> classical by track, so browsing through the 40-odd tracks is equally
>> tedious.
>>
>> I'm not suggesting the entire Musicbrainz style be changed, but can
>> anyone recommend ways of using the style to organize music by piece,
>> the most logical way?
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>> Andrew Conkling
>>
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