2013/2/27 David Gasaway <d...@gasaway.org> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:13 AM, symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> A scene is not a work. Also I can't see how it would be helpful for >> anyone; scenes will seldom match track splits anyway, so instead of >> creating a single partial performance AR to the act work, you'll have to >> create one fore every scene. >> > > I've only been passively following this thread/RFC but this comment got my > attention. If I'm reading your RFC right, we would only make "excerpt" > works for for popular arias and choruses. For an opera release, then, many > recordings would have only a partial-recording-of AR to a Act work? I > really don't want to have to make decisions about what qualifies for that > status and what doesn't. Many times it's hard to tell just from track > lists whether a track is an aria or a recitative (or both). Would you be > okay with only a recording-of-aria AR on a recording that contains both > recitative and aria? >
Yes, that was my thought too. But the idea with excerpt works was to use it for recitals. A "real" opera recording should then only be linked to the "original" works. But now I wonder how this will work in practice? And what about compilations? I'm open for suggestions on how to rewrite that part... /symphonick
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