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Apple Music Classical Promoted With TV Ad Following Launch

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Following the launch of Apple Music Classical, the first TV ad for the classical music streaming service has been released. The 30-second video features pianist Alice Sara Ott and conductor Karina Canellakis performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.


Apple Music Classical is now available to download on the App Store around the world. Apple highlighted the launch with a press release today.

"Apple Music Classical is a dedicated app that is great for classical experts as well as anyone who is new to classical, with the largest classical music selection in the world, the very best search and browse capabilities, the most premium sound experience with Spatial Audio, and thousands of exclusive recordings," said Apple Music chief Oliver Schusser.

Apple Music Classical offers over five million classical music tracks and is included with a standard Apple Music subscription at no additional cost. The app is available for iPhones running iOS 15.4 or later, with no iPad version available and an Android app coming soon. For more details about the app, read our coverage from earlier today.

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I would like to know, will this pay service compete with the few remaining independent classical stations (which stream for free)? The Classical Station, is a non-commercial, independent, listener-supported station. Will this move hurt the non-profits?



I would also like to add, in case anyone forgot, that the modem chipset in iPhones has been able to receive FM radio for 10+ years. All along you could be tuning in to FM radio, though they don't want you to, because it competes with iTunes and the App Store.
 
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dantracht said:
Who thought not having an iPad or Apple TV app was a good idea? Without those this app is DOA, at least for me. I use Apple TV for music to my HomePods as much, if not more, than my iPhone. Baffling decision.
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Er, Mac?

I also note that this is not shown on the Apple Music section of apple.com. Kind of a weird rollout altogether.
 
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Is it not available in Japan, Korea, China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan?
 
dillacom said:
it is also not popping up in CarPlay yet either
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I thought this was strange. When I installed the app, I went to CarPlay in settings and was surprised to not see the app show up. I guess you can still access classical playlists and such via the Music app, but still.
 
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Following the launch of Apple Music Classical, the first TV ad for the classical music streaming service has been released. The 30-second video features pianist Alice Sara Ott and conductor Karina Canellakis performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.

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Nerd alert.

They actually play Beethoven's Piano Concerto Op. (not No.) 15.

The joke is she sees Op. 1 and begins playing, but then he types the 5 and Ott begins to play that and Canellakis and (presumably) the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra join her in playing Op. 15.

Told you it was nerdy.
 
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For those who don't think the app is necessary, please note that this goes beyond just naming and searching by specific metatags.

Playback features, for example, need to be able to handle classical music differently, such as when shuffling. It's not just a track shuffle but various movements that would need to play in order. I'm not saying that you can't offer both in a single app, but that would also be adding a lot of "features" that would get clumsy real fast for the majority of the users who don't need/want it.
 
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MacRumors said:


Following the launch of Apple Music Classical, the first TV ad for the classical music streaming service has been released. The 30-second video features pianist Alice Sara Ott and conductor Karina Canellakis performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1.


Apple Music Classical is now available to download on the App Store around the world. Apple highlighted the launch with a press release today.

"Apple Music Classical is a dedicated app that is great for classical experts as well as anyone who is new to classical, with the largest classical music selection in the world, the very best search and browse capabilities, the most premium sound experience with Spatial Audio, and thousands of exclusive recordings," said Apple Music chief Oliver Schusser.

Apple Music Classical offers over five million classical music tracks and is included with a standard Apple Music subscription at no additional cost. The app is available for iPhones running iOS 15.4 or later, with no iPad version available and an Android app coming soon. For more details about the app, read our coverage from earlier today.

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Not yet available as a music service in the Sonos app. :(
 
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