ITunes Match & Classical Music

It seems to me that iTunes (and iTunes Match) are primarily designed for pop music and the like, hence the constant use of the word "songs". My iTunes library consists of classical albums (all with artwork) and in some cases I'll have two are more albums containing different readings of the same work. The works are divided into movements and each movement generally is one track. Hence a symphony with five movements will have five tracks (not songs!). I am thinking of using iTunes Match, and my question is this: when iTunes Store tries to match my albums with their 26 million songs, if they find that they have, e.g. Beethoven Symphony 9, will they match that to mine even though it may not be the version that I have? What I am really asking is: if I use iTunes Match will I end up with EXACTLY what I already have in iTunes on my iMac?

I only listen to classical music on my iTunes, and when my spouse installed iTunes Match for me it was a bad experience
First of all all my playlists and play counts disappeared. Then, everything iTunes found a match it would rename that album to whatever it was called in the store. Well classical alb,a don't usually have titles, so any old thing would pop up. One album came out as "featuring Vladimir Horowitz" with no indication of what the music was. I had organized my entire library by composer and piece, so this was really heart attack inducing for me.
In the end, I wasted the 25 dollars by turning it off permanently, and using my Mac time capsule to restore my library to the version before iTunes matched was installed. In my opinion it is NOT good for classical music lovers.

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ITunes and Classical Music

I've got a question about iTunes and classical-music playback. The symphonies, concertos, etc. that I've got are all properly tracked (1 of 4, 2 of 4, etc.) and albumed (1 of 1, etc.). The problem that's driving me nuts comes when I play them on the iPod. I'll select, for example, Beethoven's 6th symphony and playback will consist of ... Movement 1, Movement 3, Movement 2 and Movement 4. What have I done wrong. I've tried clicking "yes" for compilations and still nothing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Powerbook G4 15w/SuperDrive Mac OS X (10.3.9)

This might seem obvious, but make sure "shuffle" is not selected under Settings. I shuffle when I play pop and often to forget to switch the setting off when I decide to listen to classical.

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ITunes for classical music

iTunes' structures are for "songs" (one song, one track). A CD of classical music contains one or more "works", each consisting of one or more "movements" (usually one track, one movement). How can I store and manage classical music with iTunes, or are there any alternative applications?

Obviously, different users will have different approaches to this problem.
I too am an avid fan of classical music (my iTunes library is over 90% classical). I'm not a great fan of a multiplicity of playlists, though, so I adopt a different approach. I have separate genres for different types of musical pieces — Chamber, Instrumental, Vocal, Operatic and so on. I then have one enclosing folder in my Source list (I call it Classical Categories), within which I have a number of smart playlists (Chamber Music, Concerto, Instrumental, Orchestral, Symphonic). I view these smart playlists as lists grouped with artwork and sort these lists by composer. This has the effect of neatly dealing with those situations where the original CD contains works by different composers, since it separates these out and displays them separately. CDs devoted to music by a single composer still remain grouped as a single item, but viewing as a list grouped with artwork helps make each CD stand out from its neighbours and aids clarity.
Using the search field within any of my smart playlists gives me instant access, for example, to all symphonies or all concertos (or whatever) by any single composer. In many ways, indeed, iTunes has proved to be a better way to access music in my library than was ever possible with physical CDs on shelves — I've lost track of the number of times I've found it frustratingly difficult to find a particular piece of music 'in the old days' because it was part of a CD which I'd filed under a different composer's name because music by that composer was what I bought the CD for originally.
As I say, we'll all find different solutions to the problem of using iTunes for classical music, but I'm happy with mine. What would be wonderfully helpful would be for Apple to introduce into iTunes the grouping by 'Work' which they use in the iTunes Store. I also wish they'd drop the use of that word 'song', which is so frustratingly inappropriate in a classical context, and replace it with 'track'. I've submitted feedback about these points on numerous occasions. Perhaps Apple will address the needs of classical collectors at some time in the future.

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You're files are not gone. They are still on the HDD of your computer. Apparently, at some point you've created a new, empty iTunes library. Go to ~/Music and tell us what folders are there. At minimum there will be a folder named "iTunes" where all your files will be.
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I see. That makes more sense to me. This link might also help you understand it better: http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/
Basically, what iTunes Match will do is scan your iTunes library and when it finds non-purchased music that is already on the iTunes Store it will be added to your iTunes in the Cloud; any non-purchased muisc that is not in the Store will then be uploaded to your iCloud account. Up to 25,000 tracks, I think. This will allow you to download your purchased and non-purchased music to any iDevice or computer that is logged in with an AppleID.
Keep in mind iTunes Match is not a streaming service. It does physically download the files to your iDevice even though they may start playing automatically (depending on network speeds) the files are still being downloaded to your iDevice.
Make more sense?

ITunes Match: No music showing up on my iPhone

Hi!
I have several Problems with iTunes Match on PC (on iTunes 10.5.2.11) and with my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.0.1). I activated iTunes Match to test it. And it loaded all my music to the Cloud. I could see them on my iPhone 4 too. But then I saw that iCloud doesn't correct ID3 Tags. So i corrected them myself (my collection isn't tagged good actually). I deleted all songs from the iTunes list and readded it.
I deactivated iTunes Match an reactivated it. And it asked me to add my PC to the iCloud. I said "yes". But then I had every song double in the Cloud - one bad tagged and one right tagged.
So I ordered the list that I only saw the songs in the Cloud (with the Download Symbol). I deleted them. So everything looks fine on my Main PC. But on another PC connected to the Cloud I still see the double amount of songs until now. It doesn't change.
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Got it fixed.
I wandered down to the Apple store. The nice young man had several theories, all wrong, as to what might cause this. I had with me my iPad, my iPhone, and my PC. I never had to use the PC.
Eventually, the nice young man signed me out to the Apple store, did a hard reset on the iPad, and had me sign back in to the Apple store. Nothing useful happened. He then went away to consult with the other nice young men. Or to light incense. Or to find a toad. He never said.
While he was away I noticed that iTunes Match had, in all the excitement, been turned off.
I turned it back on. About a minute (that's a long time), the Music on the iPad started to re-appear.
Problem's solved. The nice young man is very proud of himself.
One wonders whether turning Match off, maybe exiting Music, then turning Match back on might have been worthwhile. Nahhhhhhhhhhh. I'll wager you need incense. Or a toad.
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