How can I check efficiently if the recording artist is correct?

When editing an existing classical release I try to check if the recording artist is a list of performers, not the composer. There’s a handy script to change the recording artists; the script is run from the release page.

On the release page, before I select all tracks whose recording artists should be overwritten, I need to check where a change is necessary. So far the only method I’ve found is clicking on every single track to open the associated recording page; here I see the recording artist. After this check I can decide whether to tick the checkbox for the track so the script will overwrite the recording artist.

When a release has dozens of tracks this is very tedious. Is there a more efficient way to see the recording artists for all tracks from the release page? Any kind of list would do.

An older thread suggested a script called INLINE TRACK ARTIST but it, too, works only on an individual recording’s page.

Two low tech suggestions here:

  1. https://musicbrainz.org/release/dd4f4362-4cf3-42e6-b01d-9baaa11f5351/edit
    Go to “Recordings” tab.

OR

  1. Use “Edit relationships” to see Recording details for Release.
    https://musicbrainz.org/release/dd4f4362-4cf3-42e6-b01d-9baaa11f5351/edit-relationships

If this is not what you want, could you write some more about what you are after?

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Your first suggestion is exactly what I was looking for: A list with all of a release’s tracks where I can see if the recording artist is correctly set (i.e. the performer) and not identical to the track artist (composer).

Thank you very much, this is a big help.