This might be just Apple tackling the most used OS for initial feedback then going across the board with more OS's.
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Apple Music Classical Now Available for Pre-Order on the App Store, Launches Later This Month
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I asked the same question turns out there are lightning DACs. I’m home all the time so I’ll just wait for the macOS version.
There's kind of a chicken-and-egg problem, though -- excellent support of crap metadata is still a crap experience. What buying Primephonic did was got Apple a really solid, consistent metadata database worth supporting, but only for classical. To do a *complete* curation sweep of *all* music available through Apple Music would be very expensive, but without it there's limited benefit to making it easier to access in the Apple Music app.
A valiant attempt at explanation, but I fear it fell on deaf ears (see what I did there)?
I wouldn't reply to a thread about a new app for something I'm not interested in, so why are all these non-interested people commenting here? I think I'll go and spam the Garageband threads since I never use that app..... 
😂 I'll tell them it's all bollocks and you don't need it.
😂 I'll tell them it's all bollocks and you don't need it.
Yes but at nowhere near the frequency of Classical music. With most other genres, there is often an original recording and artist of a given song. And then some covers. With Classical, this is only the case with contemporary music like Max Richter or Johann Johansson etc. With the older stuff, the majority, there is no original and there are countless recordings by countless performers. Finding them is incredibly challenging in a typical streaming app.
I see, but that feels like it is for a very niche audience since I've met/acquainted with about 100 people in my life so far and none are such a classical fanatic... but to each their own, not like this app is doing any harm
Thanks for posting that.I'm in the same boat -- there are composers I just barely know about but want to hear more from. Here's one:
Valentyn Silvestrov - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
If Apple Classical can clue me in on more works from this guy, then it's done me a solid.
I wasn't familiar with Silvestrov, but checked him out on Qobuz. They have a large discography of his beautiful work. I'm listening to his Melodies of Silence (performed by Tomasz Komieniak in 24-bit/96-kHz) as I write this.
He started at age 15? Amazing!
Maybe twenty-five years ago I caught some of his "Bagatelles" broadcast by the local public radio station, and I remembered the name and the title of the work. Maybe a decade later I remembered it and bought the CD. Right about the time the plague hit, I got a pair of HomePods and began Project-rerip-everything-losslessly, which got me listening to it again, this time a whole lot. One of the hazards of leaning on my collection rather than the radio is that I've lost a way to discover new-for-me stuff. I'd be pretty thrilled if Apple Classical gives me that back.
I mean, we all live in bubbles. Mine happens to have a lot of Classical fans. You should listen to some more, you might be positively surprised. Just skip the compilations and cheesy ‘Classical for relaxation’ playlists. There is some good stuff on the Spatial Audio playlists, for example 🙂I see, but that feels like it is for a very niche audience since I've met/acquainted with about 100 people in my life so far and none are such a classical fanatic... but to each their own, not like this app is doing any harm
People acting like they can’t search on Apple Music at classical music artists, I think it’s a silly move to have its own app for a niche market of people it should be in bedded with the main Apple Music app
I wouldn't reply to a thread about a new app for something I'm not interested in, so why are all these non-interested people commenting here? I think I'll go and spam the Garageband threads since I never use that app.....
Exactly. I've never been interested in the Apple Watch and will probably never own one. I don't post on Apple Watch-related articles or the Apple Watch forum for that reason. Not hard to ignore.
The only concern I do think is valid is whether or not the regular Music app will ever be updated/overhauled. But having a separate classical app doesn't mean that won't happen.
"This is just classical music, music that is free since classical music is public domain."
If you want to buy the sheet music and play it (note sheet music can be and is copyrighted), you can do that all you want. If you want to listen to the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform classical music, those recordings are also copyrighted. So yes, there are royalties for this too.
If you want to buy the sheet music and play it (note sheet music can be and is copyrighted), you can do that all you want. If you want to listen to the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform classical music, those recordings are also copyrighted. So yes, there are royalties for this too.
All those tags are available regardless of genre currently when preparing music to format and view inside the current application.
Couldn't agree more. Nothing against using classical music for "relaxation", but some people seem to only think of classical music as background music when it can be much, much more than that.
It was a rhetorical question 😊 And the answer is, yes, simple: I can only stream to my stereo via airplay. Not ideal judging from my past experience with airplay. They need to develop something like “Apple Music Connect” just like Spotify and Tidal.
Just deal with it. If you don’t understand it don’t download it and enjoy life.