Why unidentified compositions in unidentified albums?

[anon47919701]

Scenario 1
However, if these unidentified compositions are singletons (that is, I have no other instances in identified albums) then there does not seem to be anything I can do to force roon to recognise them. By definition these are singletons so there are no other composition instances I could merge them with. But I also find that changing the titles to match the canonical names on allmusic will not force an id either.

I believe Scenario 1 (and actually 2, too) work(s) as currently designed - you may remember this thread:

Disconnect between metadata and Roon

If track 6 should be symphony no. 1 - movement 2, then this is easily fixed. If track 6 is indeed symphony no. 2 - movement 1, then the problem is that Roon finds a common stem immediately after “Prokofiev”. Tony’s suggestions are sensible. In general, ensuring a good, unambiguous, common stem in the track titles is important. Adding opus and/or recognized catalog numbers is also a good idea. However, if you don’t have another instance of the composition in your library which has been ident…

I don’t really know but my guess is the convenience effect of Scenario 2 is the result of locally performed recognition = no Roon “cloud processing” for items below the album level if the album isn’t ID’d.

Now if this design could or should be changed is another question. And I’m not sure if relying on what Rovi thinks the canonical name of a composition should be is future proof enough.