2013/2/28 symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> > 2013/2/28 David Gasaway <d...@gasaway.org> > >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:29 PM, symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Yes, that was what I meant. I don't know what's worse, that you can't >>> use excerpt works or that you should be forced to use them. Or should we >>> just say nothing about it, opera will be a complete mess anyway? :-( >>> >> >> How about if on a compilation release, you link only to the excerpt work, >> but on the full opera you link to the excerpt work and the larger work, on >> the assumption that there is an recitative? There may not actually be one, >> of course. And if there isn't, those two ARs are entirely redundant. >> > > IMO you shouldn't link to an excerpt work from the full opera; you are not > listening to a performance of an excerpt. At least that sounds somewhat > logical... > > >> I noticed you changed the language for exceprts to say "Likewise an opera >> aria is only one excerpt work, any recitatives are regarded as included in >> that work." What kind of ARs would expect to see for this work, then? >> Always partial-recording-of? Always recording-of, even if I know there's a >> recitative? What if I don't know? >> > > Always recording of an excerpt. The way I see it, excerpt works are there > for convenience when dealing with popular arias and such; perhaps even to > be helpful for less experienced editors? >
Hmm, this means that if I am looking for recordings of "Non piu andrai", MB won't be able to give an exhaustive list, won't it? -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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