Organising Classical Music on iTunes

In what sense? Could you please provide more detail than 'not getting along well'?

Is it a problem with the importing of files? A problem with categorising? A problem with using the online CDDB database to fetch track titles?

What is happening or not happening when you're importing your CDs?

 

Unfortunately there is a lot of manual labour involved with iTunes…

The way you have been cataloging your music is just like I have been doing…

There is no easy answer…

 

The problem I have with classical music and iTunes is with the Artists field. For example, I have

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Alfred Brendel & Sir Neville Marriner
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Alfred Brendel, Ingrid Haebler, Sir Neville Marriner & Wien Capella Academica
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Alfred Brendel

So when going through my iPod in artist view, I can't see the entire artist name so it's pretty much a shot in the dark what I'm selecting

 

Very true that. iTunes and the iPod's software design has some real problems for Classical music. (Same is true on Frontrow)
I mean we only got gapless playback very recently — after years of complaints and pleas.

I have just kept to one artist's name and then use the Comment field for orchestra, conductor etc.

 

There was an article in MacWorld magazine a couple of years ago with a lot of tips on organizing classical music. Check their archives--it was quite helpful in figuring out what works. Regardless of the system, though, you have to do some work.

 

This is how I organise my classical stuff:

 

The Album Artist field for some reason sometimes causes multiple album covers when using Coverflow… changing the compilation tick box doesn't help either.

 

Strange, doesn't do that with my library

 

Sometimes I think I spend far too much time organising my iTunes library Cross-referenced, catalogued into playlists, folders…

PS. Akhenaten — great taste you've got
Back in 1991 through my headphones almost alone in the temple of Luxor. Just me & my Discman eek and the lights and shadows.

But I digress…