Thanks for the tips, but no success so far. The circle with the crossed arrows enables random play but doesn't actually change the display order in JRemote. I tried it with both the Female Vocal Collection and other albums where the display order is correct.
On the sort menu, the top right with the three horizontal lines is the display (rotates from detail, to detail with album art, to album art). None impact the sort order. Finally, it is iOS.
The sort order is limited to just this album. Very strange.