Composition sorting (and Haydn symphonies)

[magister]

(17-04-2014 10:29)simoncn Wrote:  I don't think this will do what you are hoping for. It isn't possible to sort compositions (in the Composition index list) using some other tag. Also, the control point display of the composition name uses the Group tag, not the Composition tag.

I just experimented with removing the padding zeros from the Group tags on one CD. If I choose to play a symphony by way of the album (e.g., by selecting composer [Haydn] --> subgenre [symphony] --> album [Haydn: The Complete Symphonies] then what you say is true; the name appears without the leading zero, i.e., is displayed through the Group tag.

If I choose without going through the album, (composer --> subgenre --> composition), which is how I usually operate, then the padding zeros are shown since, I think, the composition tag is used in this situation.

It would be helpful to have a solution for this in a future version, either through a compositionSort tag or some other way. Off the top of my head I can think of a half dozen collections of works, all in the standard repertoire of classical music, where this situation will arise (Bach cantatas, Mozart symphonies and piano concertos and piano sonatas, Haydn symphonies and piano sonatas, etc.) and there are certainly more.

Thanks - magister