Apple Music Classical

Apple Music Classical

By Apple

  • Category: Music
  • Release Date: 2023-03-28
  • Current Version: 2.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 20.10 MB
  • Developer: Apple
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 16.0
Score: 3.9594
3.9594
From 3,448 Ratings

Description

Get the app designed specifically for classical music. Available to Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost. Instantly find any recording in the world’s largest classical music catalog with search built for the genre. Enjoy the highest audio quality available (up to 24-bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and hear classical favorites like never before in Spatial Audio—all with zero ads. Apple Music Classical also makes it easy for beginners to get to know the classical genre thanks to hundreds of Essentials playlists, insightful composer biographies, deep-dive guides for many key works, and intuitive browsing features. The Ultimate Classical Experience • Get unlimited access to the world’s largest classical music catalog (over 5 million tracks) with everything from new releases to celebrated masterpieces, plus thousands of exclusive albums. • Search by composer, work, conductor, or even catalog number, and find specific recordings instantly. • Listen in the highest audio quality (up to 24 bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and enjoy thousands of recordings in immersive Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. • Know exactly who and what you’re listening to thanks to complete, accurate metadata. • Learn about each classical period with The Story of Classical audio guides. • Dig deeper as you listen, with insightful album notes, descriptions of key works, and thousands of composer biographies. • Browse booklets for thousands of albums including in depth liner notes, translations, and more. • Listen with CarPlay for music on the move. • Ask Siri to play a composer, work or instrument. • Listen using AirPlay on compatible wireless devices. Requirements • Requires an Apple Music subscription (Individual, Student, Family, or Apple One). • Availability and features vary by country and region, plan, or device. The list of countries where Apple Music Classical is available can be found at https://support.apple.com/HT204411. • Apple Music Classical is available for all iPhones and iPads running iOS or iPadOS 16.0 or later. • To listen to music on Apple Music Classical, you must have an internet connection.

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Reviews

  • A necessary app

    5
    By mediabob
    With Apple Music as a platform, this app makes perfect sense for those new to classical music. Now, let’s do Rock & Roll.

  • Works Fairly Well

    4
    By arste890
    I am pursuing a degree in Piano Performance, so this app is invaluable, but as I complete a lot of school work on my Mac, it would be great if this app was available for Mac, too.

  • Completely flunks serious audiophile standards

    1
    By Why So Many Bad Apps?
    Apple classical was designed by high school students employed on a part-time basis by Apple. And the high school kids only use iPhones and Apple classical was designed by them and for them. Audiophiles and serious classical music lovers listen to their music through their home audio system. That requires a hardwired connection from a desktop Mac, or a PC, or Apple TV. After three years, Apple has completely failed to provide apps for any of those options. So the only way to use Apple Classical is to use Wi-Fi to stream it from an iPad to Apple TV. But even then, all you can stream is stereo. Apple promotes high res Atmos, audio, but provides utterly no way to deliver such music to a high-quality audio system.

  • Please include instrument(s) in names of pieces

    4
    By blocked398483
    I really like how this app categorizes the recordings by pieces rather than “albums” like most other music apps. It makes it really easy to find what I’m looking for and also to compare different recordings of the same piece. My only complaint so far is that sometimes the names of the pieces aren’t descriptive enough. “Sonata no. 5” should be “clarinet sonata no. 5”, or “8 duos” should be “8 duos for cello and violin”, for example.

  • Should be able to filter by instrument when browsing recordings of a work.

    2
    By 12absbeke
    Filtering by instrument is enabled when browsing albums of a performer or albums of a composer. Why not enable this for recordings of a work? This will be very helpful for keyboard music by JS Bach, for example, whose pieces been recorded on the piano, the harpsichord, the organ, and various transcriptions. It will also help with finding recordings of lieder in different voices.

  • Decent, but needs a queue

    4
    By acdha
    I was happy to see a solid pass at a genre which isn’t well served by most other apps & services. Audio quality is excellent, especially with AirPods or my studio headphones. My son loves being able to search by instrument as he learns to play the cello. The main drawback I noticed is not having a queue: I’m almost always listening to whole albums so if I see three things I want to listen to I shouldn’t have to spend time finding the second one an hour later. They also need to work on library matching. My iTunes Match collection has hundreds of well-tagged classical albums I ripped from my CD collection using iTunes, but perhaps a quarter of them show up in this app. They all have appropriate genre and composer tags.

  • Poor Classical Collection

    3
    By Arpell
    Miles V summed it up well!

  • Why Not Web / Mac Version?

    1
    By sorensenj50
    I love the idea of the app but I need one music app that I can use both on my computer and my phone. I only listen to classical music so this is great except only my phone. I have high end headphones that plug into my computer. I suspect most classical music listeners don’t use airpods!! Is it too much to ask for one app on web / mac and phone??

  • Surprisingly excellent

    5
    By onedollarninja
    Really enjoying all of the curated playlists and content.

  • Mostly Great

    4
    By Obstreperousness
    Nice, purpose-built app for classical music. I love how the browse section is divided into categories for composers, periods, etc. Additionally, I appreciate the aggregated list of works for each composer, the editor’s picks, etc. The multitude of playlists for seemingly everything are also wonderful. My biggest complaint is the lack of a shuffle option for playlists. It would be great if that can be added in a future update.

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