Apple Music Classical 2.0 Adds Thousands of Full Album Booklets

[MacRumors]

Apple Music Classical, the classical music streaming service introduced in early 2023, received a version 2.0 update today that brings a couple of worthwhile new features to the iPhone and iPad app.

This latest version of the app adds album booklets for thousands of albums. Album booklets offer multi-language liner notes, composer biographies, information about the orchestra, conductors, and soloists, plus where relevant, sung texts and opera libretti, enriching listeners' understanding of the music.

When a booklet is available for an album you've selected, you'll see an open book icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Tapping that will download the booklet, which can be viewed by using zoom gestures and scrolled to reveal more content. In addition to album booklets, version 2.0 also adds a new Recently Added section to the Library.

The ‌Apple Music‌ Classical app offers ‌Apple Music‌ subscribers access to over five million classical music tracks, including new high-quality releases, in addition to hundreds of curated playlists, thousands of exclusive albums, and other features like composer bios and deep dives on key works.

The app offers a simpler interface for interacting with classical music specifically. Unlike the vanilla ‌Apple Music‌ app, ‌Apple Music‌ Classical allows you to search by composer, work, conductor, catalog number, and more. You can get more detailed information from editorial notes and descriptions.

Apple commissioned high-resolution digital portraits of famous composers like Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, and Johann Sebastian Bach for the app, using color palettes and artistic references from the relevant classical period, with more unique artwork to be added over time.

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[nickf]

Excellent news! Apple Music Classical just keeps getting better and better.

 

[Marco Klobas]

Bravo, Apple.

 

[CaféPicasso]

I wish Apple Music would show booklets, too. I'm from the old days, you know. I love to read additional information and look at photos..where the album was recorded, engineers, producers, guest musicians, used instruments, studios, mixers and so on.

 

[JippaLippa]

Have to say, it's a pretty cool app.
It's helping me listen to a little more classical music.
I hope it'll come to the mac soon.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Excellent news! Apple Music Classical just keeps getting better and better.

..but not better enough to have a mac app. 😞

 

[arkitect]

Good to see Classical music get some love…

But where is the Mac app?

Come on Apple!

 

[ch1ptune]

Nice to see the app getting some attention, but still not going to use it as HomePods still can't natively play music from Apple Music Classical like they can from Apple Music and Podcasts.

 

[JippaLippa]

Good to see Classical music get some love…

But where is the Mac app?

Come on Apple!

Yeah.
I absolutely don't understand this choice.
I was sure it'd have come with Sequoia.

 

[Phil77354]

This is a great enhancement to the app! The booklets are always very informative and enjoyable to read while listening to classical music.

 

[Admiral Fart]

Please let the introduction of better visual material be a sign that a Mac and Apple TV release is coming soon. Look at those iPhone screens, you need a bigger screen for this.

 

[dumastudetto]

If music is your symphony, Apple Music Classical is your rockstar.

 

[diego.caraballo]

AND it have a dark icon version now as well...

 

[Pangalactic]

If it wasn't for this post, I wouldn't even know it existed! Will check it out

 

[jayryco]

..but not better enough to have a mac app. 😞

Yeah isn't it supposed to be super easy to port apps? Like it's a part of the whole strategy of a unified ecosystem, then they can't even port over easy - like damn you're not inspiring confidence here Apple lol.

 

[Jupeman]

Where is the Mac version? Come on Apple this was a great idea half executed...

 

[kirkmc]

The intention is good, but they are just PDFs of CD booklets, which are, for the most part, unreadable. Yes, you can zoom, but the experience is terrible. If they want to do this right, they should get the labels to convert their booklets to ePub - which some labels who sell downloads already have - that can reflow for the size of the screen.

 

[Spotlighter9]

Why doesn't Apple Music have this!

 

[Mad Pierre]

Being a pedant, the correct name for a 'booklet' of this type for classical music is a libretto. I know. Sue me.

 

[tubular]

Great news!

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Why doesn't Apple Music have this!

The music app does; don't know why Apple Music wouldn't? I have the Beetles collection from iTunes and it has a ton of digital booklets.

 

[Yenzi999]

Why doesn't Apple Music have this!

Would be great! Also music videos could be implemented in similar way in AM app (now they are just lost potential, buried somewhere in the app).

 

[dugbug]

..but not better enough to have a mac app. 😞

seriously what is up with the weird mac gaps. I was pleasantly surprised that the password app was on mac.

 

[Yenzi999]

The intention is good, but they are just PDFs of CD booklets, which are, for the most part, unreadable. Yes, you can zoom, but the experience is terrible. If they want to do this right, they should get the labels to convert their booklets to ePub - which some labels who sell downloads already have - that can reflow for the size of the screen.

The Reader view (similar to Safari) could be an option 🤔

 

[alayal]

Why don’t they add CarPlay?