How to organize and tag classical music

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(10-10-2014 18:11)DavidHB Wrote:  .... If you look at any 'consumer' streamed music application (iTunes, Windows Media Player, any DLNA media server etc.), you will find that it is album-based, sometimes to the exclusion of any other means of accessing the music.

No, like it or not, the album concept is by no means obsolete.

David

Agreed, and not least because the systems we use often depend on the concept, whether we like it or not. The tagging mechanism for different audio formats can be woefully inadequate, sometimes not allowing for custom tags such as Work or Composition. I know some classical collectors use 'Album' for 'Work' for this reason.

I have based my whole system on FLACS, with custom tags, and employ multiple types of server (mainly LMS, Minimserver and foobar2000) not least so as to try and ensure I'm not going to find my tracks are unplayable and/or unsearchable due to some technological change. I try to keep my usage of the limited set of the standard tags as standard as possible, but there are many absurdities in the 'standard'.