Aren't the tracks in on a Opera release more an object convenience and that it would be rather unwieldy to have 30-40 minute tracks on a CD rather than anything else? I think we can we assume that the composer never intended his opera to be split in 85 different parts. To be frank, I don't really think that movements should themselves be a separate entity. the 2nd movement of Beethoven's symphony No. 5 should not be recorded or performed on it's own. The same can be said of Haydn's 3rd movement in his 93rd Symphony...
But I can see advantages for them to be individual works. In particular certain work parts have come over time to either be part of a larger work or to become famous on their own. I can think of Vivaldi's 4 seasons here. Are the 4 concertos 4 independent works? Are they part of a grand work that includes all 4? In fact, when I was tagging these works using allmusic.com, it was inconsistent, both entities existed (at least they did 4-5 years ago), and depending on the album, they were used interchangeably. Like I mentioned earlier, I'm no expect in Opera, or in Classical music, but that's how it looks to me. Sebastien > I strongly disagree. I can't see why Opera should be treated differently > to the rest of (classical) MB? Recordings with several movements are not > an issue, just relate to all relevant works. Overlapping recordings can > (and will) be a pain everywhere. A "partial performance" AR maybe can help. > >
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