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[hvaleton]

(14-05-2013 22:14)simoncn Wrote:  The Album tag is intended to represent the entire CD. If a folder contains an entire CD (Album tag), the current MinimServer sort order will do what you want. If the folder contains multiple entire CDs (Album tags), the current sort order will group the tracks of each album (entire CD) together.

I have the impression you're not using the Album tag to represent the entire CD, but to represent a musical work within the CD. MinimServer supports the Group tag for tagging musical works within an album, and you would get the correct sort order if you tag each musical work as a Group instead of an Album.

Hi Simon,

Yes, I read that you use a Composition tag to group tracks into one composition, wheras I group the movements of a symphony in an album. I also put a shortened list of the performers and sometimes also the year of recording in the Album tag to be able to see the difference between various performances of the same symphony.
I also (redundantly) put the name of the composer in the Album tag, because otherwise the name of the composer would get lost in the presentation of track info in alle access points I have used so far. For serious listening I have a Linn DS Akurate (using Kinsky or Chorus on my iPad) and for less serious listening in the remainder of the house I have three Sonos zones. Sonos soes not, and probably never will show the Composer tag.
Your method seems to have some advantages but I'll have to give this a lot of thought before I re-tag my entire collection of some 9000 cd's.
What do you put in the Composition tag? Just, say, "Symphony No.2 in E flat major"? In that case it could sometimes probably be used for more than one composer, so that one would absolutely need the composer tag to get a unique combination And what about the performers?
Very importantly: will this Compsoition tag be shown in any access point app in the "now playing" section? I personally doubt it. And that would make the Composition tag only usable in the search process, correct?
Please enlighten me!

Thanks in advance,
Hans