Tips for tagging classical rips?

This is tough, because obviously classical music doesn't always lend itself to the usual tagging mechanisms (especially on compilatin discs). What I've been doing is to put the composer and orchestra both in the artist section.

For instance,

Brahms / London Symphony Orchestra

And for performer I put the soloist or conductor.

For genre, I usually use classical to lump everything (rather than concerto, orchestral, etc).

Newer software like the later versions of MusicMatch offer more tagging options, some of which are more applicable to classical music.

Just be consistent and you'll be able to maximize your organization.

I don't pretend to have the best scheme, but it's been working OK for me so far.

Later,

Michael

Thanks Sufentanil... Nobody else ripping classical music?

When I add classical to iTunes I put the composer and performers in the artist field, the composer in the composer field and the album title in the album field. It allows for the widest variety of playlist sorting.