Classical Music storing and sorting

Hi all,
I love classical music and have a lot of them in my iTunes and iPod 30G.
I'm used to editing their tags like this:
- Name: BWV 1048 - Brandenburg Concertos #3 In G - 1. Allegro
- Artist: Capella Istropolitana/ Bohdan Warchal
- Album: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
- Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
But I think that this is not quite nice, because:
- The name of this masterpiece is "Brandenburg Concertos #3"
- "BWV 1048" is a sorting method, not a name
- "In G" and "1. Allegro" are like suffixes of the name, the tune and the movement
- "Capella Istropolitana" is an artist, but "Bohdan Warchal", the conductor, other artist
Does anyone have a tip for me, to store and sort my music better?
Thanks!
Aldo

As you say, in Classical music the composer is more important than the performer. Personally, I put the composer in the 'Artist' field as well as the composer field, and list the performers in the 'Info' section along with recording dates, venues, etc. Also, I put the 'year' as the year of composition, rather than the year of recording. For the track titles I just have the title or indication of the movement, eg 'Allegro' and use the track numbering to put them in the right order. So your example would end up as:
- Name: Allegro
- Track #: 1 of 3
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- Album: Brandenburg Concerto #3 In G, BWV 1048
- Year: 1721
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- Notes: Capella Istropolitana/ Bohdan Warchal
The downside of this is that you end up with lots of tracks called 'Allegro' and 'Adagio'!

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