Style/Classical/Track Title

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Titles on classical releases should mostly follow the printed information, with any changes required by the language-specific classical guidelines. Do list key, catalog number and any other similar information if printed as part of the title, but do not add additional information not on the release; that information is already available at the work level, so it doesn't need to be forced into the track titles if the release doesn't include it.

Full work title

For groups of tracks that are marked as part of a full work, add the full work title to all tracks from the work:

  1. Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111: I. Maestoso
  2. Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111: II. Arietta

And not:

  1. Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111: I. Maestoso
  2. II. Arietta

Nor:

  1. Maestoso
  2. Arietta

Do this even if the full work title is only on the release title (for example, in a release that contains only a full performance of the Goldberg Variations, the first track title should still be something like "Goldberg Variations: Aria", not just "Aria").

Similarly, for operas, oratorios, cantatas and other works divided in acts/parts, do mention the act or part on all tracks, not only the first track of each one.