You Must Pre-Order Apple Music Classical Today
You use Apple Music to listen to your favorite tunes and, for the most part, it’s a good experience. However, have you ever tried to search for classical music on the service? It’s kind of a nightmare. It’s not necessarily Apple Music’s fault. It will be difficult for your usual streaming platform to organize a huge catalog of classical music along with the way contemporary music is archived. So the solution is to move away from conventional streaming platforms for listening to classical music. Thus, Apple Music Classical was born.
Apple launches Apple Music Classical on Tuesday, March 28th. However, the service is not a new tab in the main Apple Music app. Rather, it is a separate program that you need to download separately. However, it’s not a separate layer of Apple Music like the cheaper Apple Music Voice . Apple Music Classical is 100% free for all Apple Music (and by extension, Apple One) subscribers. If you pay for Apple Music, the classic app is part of the fun.
But why Apple Music Classical? Why not Apple Music Pop, Apple Music Rap or Apple Music Rock? This is partly due to Apple’s acquisition of classic streaming service Primephonic back in 2021. Apple has assured fans that Primephonic features will soon be rolled out to Apple Music, allowing everyone to experience a dedicated classical music streaming solution. While the original goal was 2022, it looks like Apple’s plans are finally materializing.
But why buy Primephonic at all? The reason a separate classical-themed Apple Music app works is because of how classical music itself works. Classical music is obviously not like modern music: thanks to copyright law, the artist owns the songs he releases. If someone wants to record and publish a version of this song themselves, they must pay the original musician along with any other owners of the track. It’s expensive, so mainstream covers aren’t that common. It’s pretty easy to ask Siri to play you a modern song and get the result you want (minus remixes, singles, movie soundtrack, etc.).
The classic, however, is a completely different beast. For the most part (yes, modern classical music exists ) all classical composers are dead and did not live in the days of recorded music. Orchestras and other groups of musicians fill in the gaps here by recording their own versions of classical pieces. The result is a huge number of recordings for any given piece of music. You may have a particular record you love, but finding that record in a sea of Apple Music selections is next to impossible. You often have to be content with the options that are presented to you. Not ideal.
Apple Music Classical solves this problem by simplifying and navigating classical music catalogs. When you search for a specific piece, Apple Music Classical generates a list of popular tracks so you can easily browse the best options. In some cases, you’ll even see the editor’s preferred entry at the top, as well as a description of the piece itself. You get an educational experience for free just by watching your favorite concert.
This curated experience should resonate throughout the application. The goal is to make watching classical music as simple and straightforward as possible. Even if you’re not into classical music, Apple Music Classical is still worth your time. After all, it’s included with your Apple Music subscription, so it’s free to try and makes finding classical music easy. I hope this will inspire more people to listen to classical music, while at the same time offering classical music lovers a better experience.
Apple has put Apple Music Classical up for pre-order on the iOS App Store , and you should try it. Remember, there is no fee here. The app itself is free, and as long as you subscribe to Apple Music or Apple One, you have access. All pre-order does is notify you when an app is available and download it to your device automatically. Pre-order today and you’ll wake up to a portal into the long history of classical music on your iPhone on March 28th.