hi @support
I recently bought the box set “The Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets” (9 cds).
I observed a strange behaviour regarding the way Roon treats the WORK tag.
I meticulously completed (with MP3TAG) the WORK and PART tags for each of the quartets.
Regarding the six first quartets, which belong to the same opus (Op. 18), I completed the WORK tag as follows:
- Quatuor à cordes n° 1 en fa majeur, Op. 18
- Quatuor à cordes n° 2 en sol majeur, Op. 18
- Quatuor à cordes n° 3 en ré majeur, Op. 18
- Quatuor à cordes n° 4 en ut mineur, Op. 18
- Quatuor à cordes n° 5 en la majeur, Op. 18
- Quatuor à cordes n° 6 en si bémol majeur, Op. 18
In the Album Editor window, I checked the Prefer File button (Multi-Part Composition Group).
And the result was surprising:
In Roon, the six quartets had the same name (“Quatuor à cordes n° 1 en fa majeur, Op. 18”), just as if they corresponded to the same composition.
I double-checked the accuracy of my tags… no errors.
Then I decided to change the names of the compositions in the WORK tag:
- Quatuor à cordes n° 1 en fa majeur, Op. 18/1
- Quatuor à cordes n° 2 en sol majeur, Op. 18/2
- Quatuor à cordes n° 3 en ré majeur, Op. 18/3
- Quatuor à cordes n° 4 en ut mineur, Op. 18/4
- Quatuor à cordes n° 5 en la majeur, Op. 18/5
- Quatuor à cordes n° 6 en si bémol majeur, Op. 18/6
And now it is ok: Roon recognizes each composition as a separate work!
I thought that by giving a different name to each composition (in the WORK tag), it was ok for Roon to recognize them as being distinct compositions. But it is not the case. Could someone explain this to me?
And are there other tips that we should know to complete the WORK tag properly?
Thanks!
Thierry