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 it is included as part of the title on the release, but not otherwise; 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 (as listed on the release) to all tracks from the work, separated with a colon:

  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.

If a track which is an extract of a larger work is listed on the release as "Part from Work" (e.g. "Allegro from Symphony no. 5") or as "Part title" (e.g. "Una furtiva lagrima") it can be entered it as-is, there's no need to turn it into "Work: Part".