Tagging classical

Some background information on tagging classical can be found here.

JRMC supports a couple of tags like Composer, Conductor, Orchestra, etc.
Most internet databases simply don’t populate these tags.

Depending on your needs you simply accept the results of these databases or you do some editing. Fortunately, JRMC offers a couple of options speeding up the tagging process.

An example: All Bach’s harpsichord concerto’s on 3 CDs.

No, this is not my entire collection.
To improve speed and having a good overview I simply use a separate library for new material. How to make a library can be found here.

A simple way to edit all tracks is to select all albums and use the tag panel.

An alternative is multi-line editing.

Composer, Artist and Genre can be set in the tag panel for all selected albums.

I’m not in need of 3 separate albums.
Let’s make one album.

Album

1 Preserve the original title

I use a custom field Original Title. How to make a custom tag can be found here.
Select all the albums and choose Library Tools > Move/Copy fields

2 – Add a disc number

This must be done per album

3 – Update track number

Not all media players support the disc number. You’re portable probably don’t.
Renumbering them is easy using the Library Tool “Fill track numbers from list order”.
I like to preserve the original track number.
Prefixing the track number with the disc number keeps them in the right sequence and preserves the original number.
I use an expression to do so.

4 – Give all albums the same title

E voilà

Opus

I like to have an overview of all Opus numbers.

First make a custom tag Opus.

This time I have luck, the opus is in the Title (Name in the JRMC lingo).
A fast way to retrieve the Opus number is to use an expression.
I always use an Expression Column to develop the expression.