Apple Music Classical Gains New Top 100 Chart

[jbmelby]

The best way is repeated listening. The main thing about this music is that if one is really listening rather than just hearing it, one discovers something new about it every time.

But really listening requires some work on the part of the auditor.

 

[anthogag]

The best way is repeated listening. The main thing about this music is that if one is really listening rather than just hearing it, one discovers something new about it every time.

I learned to like Classical by listening to radio stations where interesting hosts played the music and talked about the music being played. I probably would never learn to like Classical just by listening.

 

[jbmelby]

I learned to like Classical by listening to radio stations where interesting hosts played the music and talked about the music being played. I probably would never learn to like Classical just by listening.

I didn’t say the only way; I meant that just hearing it is passive, whereas really listening is active. There’s more than one way of experiencing music.

 

[zenwave]

If badly needs an Apple TV app.

Yes... I don't know how many swipes and clicks it takes me through the god-awful Apple TV music app to get to Classical, but it's just a terrible user experience.

 

[svish]

Good to see this new top 100 chart.

 

[JustARumor]

It's definitely a pet project for some exec at the company whos a hardcore classical music fan and has a $500k audiophile setup in his palo alto smarthome

And they get music into it… how? By AirPlay from their iPhone? Surely they would want to use an Apple TV or a Mac so they can feed a proper high-resolution, lossless stream over the wire.

I will occasionally listen to classical music from my iPhone through AirPods, or some other “light” setup, while going about my daily activity, but in those cases, I’m relatively happy just to throw on one of the playlists in Apple Music and be done with it. Same with HomePod. Having the Apple Classical app in these cases would definitely be nice, but not essential.

The times I want to use the Apple Classical app are when listening is my activity. I’ve used headphones (not AirPods) in these cases, but my strong preference is my at-home setup that puts the soundstage in front of me (where it belongs) rather than in my head. For me, an Apple TV app would be the easiest way to accomplish this.

 

[poematik13]

And they get music into it… how?

Is this a serious question? The phone has a USB-C port lol. There are tons of hubs, dongles, and audio cables available.

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

I just want the ability to keep a separate library. I don’t want classical music I add in the Classical app to appear in my pop music library.