History:CSG2012/Release/Artist Proposal

Status: This page describes an active style guideline proposal and is not official.

Proposal number: RFC-352 Champion: symphonick Current status: RFC Initial Discussion

The purpose of the Release Artist field is to assign releases to specific artists. Crediting performers is done by linking artists and recordings with an Advanced Relationship.

Sources

Physical Media

For releases of physical media, the release artist will be sourced from the front cover. When a physical cover is not available, find the featured composers & artists at a reliable online source.

• The spine can be used if it should happen to contain more detail than the front cover

Digital media

Preferably from the label's page or other official source.

Featured Release Artists

The ReleaseArtist of a classical Release should include the composer(s) & performers featured on the front cover (except when "Various Artists" is used, see below). Use only composers & performers who are featured on the front cover, don't add artists from the back cover or the inside of the booklet or other places.

Single artist

If there is only one name on the front cover. Uncommon for classical releases; usually the composer and a couple of performers will be listed.

Multiple artists

Use a comma to separate names. If the credits contain both composers & performers, begin with the composers. Use a semicolon to separate composers from performers.

Not prominently featured names

If there is a long list of names on the cover, only the most prominently featured names need to be included. For example when a single performer (or group) performs works from many different composers, or vice-versa. Also see below for information about when to use "Various Artists".

Various Artists

When dealing with "samplers" & some compilations like "Classical for relaxing", there are no really featured artists. In these cases, use the special artist "Various Artists".

Release Groups

Will in many cases have the same name and artists as the release. If the featured artists differs between different releases in the same release group, try to find the most used version. If that fails, use the earliest release.

Examples

Début Recital Martha Argerich

Best of Neujahrskonzert, Volume 2 Wiener Philharmoniker

The Very Best of Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven

Brandenburgische Konzerte 2, 3, 5 / Ouverüre (Suite) Nr. 3 Johann Sebastian Bach; Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Dvořák: "American" Quartet / Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 / Borodin: Quartet No. 2 Antonín Dvořák, Пётр Ильич Чайковский, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин; Emerson String Quartet

Bach - Buxtehude - Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra / Quatre derniers Lieder Richard Strauss; Montserrat Caballé

Copland Conducts Copland Aaron Copland; Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra, William Warfield, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Ten Years of Success Various Artists

Stabat Mater / Petite Messe Solennelle Gioachino Rossini; Ricardo Muti, Stephen Clebury