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  • dikkiedirk

    • Feb 2014
    • 32

    tagging classical music problems

    Having only a few classical music CD's I find it hard to tag them properly.

    How would you guys tag a CD like:

    R. Strauss - F. Reiner - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra

    Which program is best suited for tagging automatically, if any?
  • marcaurel

    • May 2007
    • 24

    #2
    Re: tagging classical music problems

    IMHO mp3tag is the best tagging software available.
    Here's an example using Vorbis Comments:

    COMPOSER=Richard Strauss
    COMPOSERSORT=Strauss, Richard
    CONDUCTOR=Fritz Reiner
    CONDUCTORSORT=Reiner, Fritz
    ENSEMBLE=Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    ALBUM=Also sprach Zarathustra
    ALBUMARTIST=Fritz Reiner
    ALBUMARTISTSORT=Reiner, Fritz
    ARTIST=Richard Strauss
    ARTISTSORT=Strauss, Richard
    DATE=19.. (recording year or whole date)
    OPUS=30

    Using the conductor as ALBUMARTIST and the composer as ARTIST is my personal preference.
    Change it to your needs.

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    • mville
      dBpoweramp Guru

      • Dec 2008
      • 4021

      #3
      Re: tagging classical music problems

      Originally posted by dikkiedirk
      Having only a few classical music CD's I find it hard to tag them properly.

      How would you guys tag a CD like:

      R. Strauss - F. Reiner - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra
      Richard Strauss = Composer
      Strauss, Richard = Composer Sort

      Fritz Reiner = Conductor
      Reiner, Fritz = Conductor Sort

      Chicago Symphony Orchestra = Orchestra

      Also Sprach Zarathustra = Title

      You may also want to look at populating the new Work, Movement Name and Movement Number tags for classical music.

      Originally posted by dikkiedirk
      Which program is best suited for tagging automatically, if any?
      None are perfect. I normally have to manually edit classical CDs in CDRipper, prior to ripping.

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      • mville
        dBpoweramp Guru

        • Dec 2008
        • 4021

        #4
        Re: tagging classical music problems

        Tagging the Artist and Album Artist tags for classical music is not a perfect science and there are many discussions on the web which try to address this issue.

        Read this thread Album Artist / Artist..? (from post no. 5 onwards) for more info.

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