Apple Music Classical app coming end of March

[PurpleMoustache]

No music but news:
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-available-for-pre-order/So it looks like it will launch at the end of this month, presumably alongside 16.4. Hopefully it includes some overhauls for the main app.

Should be free with your existing Apple Music subscription

 

[humprof]

No music but news:
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-available-for-pre-order/So it looks like it will launch at the end of this month, presumably alongside 16.4. Hopefully it includes some overhauls for the main app.

Should be free with your existing Apple Music subscription

"Unlike the existing ‌Apple Music‌ app, ‌Apple Music‌ Classical allows users to search by composer, work, conductor, catalog number, and more."

Long overdue, but nice. Now if they would just expand their metadata to include producers, engineers (including surround mixers), sidemen, etc., they could add similar search features for pop, jazz, and other genres.

 

[ted_b]

This is Apple's rebranding of the Primephonic site they bought back in Aug of 2021. Amazing how long this stuff takes. Nice to see they will include Atmos selections, where available.

 

[Blackwood]

Would have enjoyed an iPad version as I use that more than my phone, but nice to see this finally get released.

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-15-things-you-need-to-know/

 

[scooob]

I haven't seen any mention anywhere on whether there will be an Apple Music Classical app for Apple TV. Hard to imagine there wouldn't be one, but so far, only an iPhone app has been announced, as far as I can tell.

 

[Strilo]

My hope is that they eventually expand the offering to include an AppleTV app, as that would be the only way I would really ever listen to this Apple Music Classical app.

 

[mrcond]

Good article on the Apple Classical app. Subscription may be required to read but you may be able to read it as a free preview.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-classical-app-3325c6ba?mod=djemalertNEWS

 

[Blackwood]

I guess the headline indicates where the author falls on this topic:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/apple-again-fails-to-save-classical-music

 

[humprof]

I guess the headline indicates where the author falls on this topic:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/apple-again-fails-to-save-classical-music

I would say Amen to pretty much everything he preaches, including his assessment of how the big labels are Atmosizing their catalog: "In my headphones, Spatial Audio is notable for its lack of spatial definition: the orchestra [in a live recording of Bruckner's Sixth with Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw] comes across as diffuse and taffy-like." Not just your headphones, Alex. "Diffuse and taffy-like" in 5.1.4, too. And I feel like he's speaking for many of us who "grudgingly [admit] the merits of archival streams while remaining wary of the governing ethos."

 

[Blackwood]

I would say Amen to pretty much everything he preaches, including his assessment of how the big labels are Atmosizing their catalog: "In my headphones, Spatial Audio is notable for its lack of spatial definition: the orchestra [in a live recording of Bruckner's Sixth with Bernard Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw] comes across as diffuse and taffy-like." Not just your headphones, Alex. "Diffuse and taffy-like" in 5.1.4, too. And I feel like he's speaking for many of us who "grudgingly [admit] the merits of archival streams while remaining wary of the governing ethos."

A frustrating thing for me (at least with Apple) is that it often feels like they're so close to getting a number of things right in this space... both classical specifically and music in general, but fall short.

I’m try to be grateful for what we have, generally speaking, but articles like this with comparisons to other services with fewer resources remind me that with what feels like just a few tweaks on Apple’s part, it could be so much more. PDF booklets would be a great start, not to mention the Atmos that the author and you point out.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

This has now been updated to have a native iPad version. Previously when running on an iPad it would run the iPhone version, at iPhone screen size/shape.
A promising development perhaps pointing to an Apple TV version?