Apple Announces New Apple Music Classical App

March 9, 2023, 12:59 PM · Streaming services offer access to staggering amount of classical music, but finding what you want, and listening to it in the way you want, can be incredibly frustrating. The concepts of multiple movements in a piece, multiple artists (soloist, ensemble, conductor), and even naming conventions don't always translate well in the streaming world. I've even found frustration just trying to figure out what movement is currently playing, when the movement is listed as a roman numeral at the end of a super-long title that is too long to scroll to the end.

So classical music fans might be interested in an announcement made today by Apple: they are coming out with Apple Music Classical, a brand-new standalone app designed specifically for classical music.

Here is a link to the app, which launch later this month and be available to Apple Music subscribers as part of their existing subscription at no additional cost.

And here are some of the features that Apple says that its Apple Music Classical app will include:

The world’s largest classical music catalog, with over 5 million tracks, and works from new releases to celebrated masterpieces
Thousands of exclusive albums
The ability to search by composer, work, conductor or even catalog number, and find specific recordings instantly
The highest audio quality (up to 192 kHz/24-bit Hi-Res Lossless) with thousands of recordings in immersive spatial audio
Complete and accurate metadata to make sure you know exactly what work and which artist is playing
Thousands of editorial notes, including composer biographies, descriptions of key works, and more

Will it solve all our problems? Will it refrain from shuffling a multi-movement symphony? Will it make it easier and more fun to listen to classical music and help us convert our muggle friends into classical music lovers? (and will it include the Suzuki books?) Time will tell!

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