[Bug] Unable to find track

[mslourens]

I tried to play the track "Christus ist geboren" from Franz Liszt, but Concertmaster told me that it couldn't find the recording, although when I search for using the Spotify app, I do find it: https://open.spotify.com/track/076Vr3KdsfgUxFnZ8woGI2?si=OfD9aUyxTjK--klbcM7sow

[adrianosbr]

It has to do with how Concertmaster searches the Spotify database. It was designed to primarily use catalogue numbers. It only search for titles when a catalogue number isn't available.

That Liszt composition has a Searle catalogue number of 31 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Franz_Liszt), so Concertmaster searches Spotify for "Franz Liszt S 31", which in turn returns only incorrect tracks:

https://open.spotify.com/search/artist%3AFranz%20Liszt%20S%2031

The track you found doesn't include any catalogue number in its title (most recordings do, but some don't), so it remains "invisible" to Concertmaster.

It's on our roadmap to make Concertmaster switch to "title mode" when catalogue searches returns nothing. That's why I'm labelling this issue as an enhancement and moving it to the Concertmaster API repo, which handles search and stuff.