Launch of Apple Music Classical

In addition, Apple Music has teamed up with several of the largest classical music institutions in the world, including the Paris National Opera, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Orchestra of Concertgebouw, the San Francisco Sycisco orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in order to offer Apple Music Classical Auditors unpublished, unique and exclusive recordings from the launch of the app and after. Thanks to these exceptional partners, Apple Music Classical will also organize several live events in the Apple Store around the world, as part of the TODAY at Apple programming, which is starting now. Go to Apple.com/fr/Today to register for Teday at Apple sessions.

Classical Dinner Party

When you’re hosting an intimate gathering, any music you choose needs to comply the mood without breaking the atmosphere. So, allow us to take you from Welcome Drinks through to coffee and chocolates with this perfect selection of music from across the classical spectrum. This playlist is Regularly Updated, so if you hear something you love, add it to your library.

75 songs, 4 hours, 35 minutes

Featured artists

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Launch of Apple Music Classical

Cupertino, California Apple has announced today the launch of Apple Music Classical, its brand new musical streaming app designed to provide optimal listening experience to fans of music fans. Apple Music Classical allows you to quickly and easily find any recording in the largest classic music catalog in the world, thanks to fully optimized search. Auditors can take advantage of the best available audio quality, rediscover their favorite pieces in a whole new immersive way thanks to space audio, explore playlists made with care by specialists, consult the biographies of composers and in -depth guides For many works, and much more. Apple Music Classical is available on the App Store today and is included for an additional cost with most Apple Music subscriptions. Together, Apple Music Classical and Apple Music offer a complete experience for all, experienced music lovers to neophytes.

“We really like music, and this is where this app comes from. The classic is at the very foundation of all kinds of music, said Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple and Apple’s Beats. Apple Music Classical is an app specially dedicated to the classic, which is aimed at both experts and those who discover the genre. It offers the largest selection of classical music in the world, the most efficient search and navigation tools on the market, the highest -end audio experience with space audio, as well as thousands of exclusive records. We are convinced that this is the best experience of classical music streaming available on the market, and for us, this is only the beginning “.

The Apple Music Classical App is included for an additional cost with most Apple Music subscriptions.

The largest catalog of classical music in the world

With more than 5 million titles, Apple Music Classical hosts the largest classical music catalog in the world, covering the whole spectrum, from the most famous recordings with forgotten nuggets. Neophytes will be able to take advantage of a selection made by the editorial team, which is an excellent starting point. For people who are familiar with a particular work, the list of most popular recordings is the ideal next step – and a pleasant opportunity to compare and refine its tastes. Apple Music Classical also includes thousands of exclusive albums, including world -renowned orchestras recordings.

A research tool designed for classical music

Classic works often include many movements and tracks; The most famous have been the subject of hundreds of recordings with different orchestras, conductor and soloists; Many composers have their own catalog classifications, BWV ‘from Bach to Mozart ‘K’. Taking into account these subtleties, Apple Music Classical has redesigned the search engine to instantly provide exactly what listeners are looking for, using all keyword combinations – of the composer and the work to the opus number, in passing through the conductor, the artist or the instrument, and even the nickname a work. The search for a work reveals all its recordings, as well as the selection of the editorial team. The search for a composer allows you to display all the works available.

An interface designed for the classic

The Apple Music Classical interface allows auditors and auditors to always know what they listen to, by presenting all the data at a glance: name of the work, orchestra, conductor, artists Having contributed to the work and same year of registration. Users wishing to create their personal library can add albums, songs, playlists and artists – and find them in classical music categories, such as works, composers and recordings.

The best audio quality

The entire Apple Music Classical catalog is available in lossless format up to 24 bits/192 kHz, allowing listeners to grasp the smallest nuances of each performance. The high resolution lossless mode offers a sound so incredibly clear and precise that each note seems palpable. Thanks to the space audio with Dolby Atmos, users can enjoy thousands of recordings as if they were sitting in the best place in the concert hall, immersed in a 360 degree sound landscape where music comes from all directions, including from above. The Apple Music Classical Spatial Audio Catalog is expanding each week, with new albums as emblematic recordings are remastered and contemporary performance is captured in space audio.

Expert recommendations

Apple Music Classical’s editorial team has made more than 700 playlists to help listeners travel 800 years of music. Others will be added over time. Beginners can start with the audio guides The Story of Classical, which offer comments on a selections of works to introduce key composers, periods, instruments and terminology specific to classical music. Passionate people will have the opportunity to discover behind the scenes of certain recordings with audio track comments by track of renowned classic artists. In addition, every week, the “hidden treasures ‘selection’ from Apple Music Classical will highlight unknown works, while the Playlists” composers: rare pearls “will offer a new perspective on famous names.

Simplified exploration

The Explorer tab of Apple Music Classical helps listeners to browse the largest catalog of classical music in the world, guiding them according to their centers of interest, instruments and periods, but also conductor, orchestras and choirs, without forgetting genres, like chamber music or stage works. These many ways to explore also offer endless possibilities to discover new works.

New exclusive illustrations

Apple Music Classical also offers hundreds of playlist blankets, as well as unique digital portraits in high resolution of a selection of the most famous composers and composites in the world. These images, commanded to different artists, are the fruit of historical research and rely on artistic currents and color palettes of the classic period concerned. Most of these illustrations, made on Mac and on iPad, show great attention to detail and put listeners in the face of the greatest figures of the classic, such as Bach, Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Chopin, John Dowland, Fanny Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and many others, in an never seen before.

In addition, Apple Music has teamed up with several of the largest classical music institutions in the world, including the Paris National Opera, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Orchestra of Concertgebouw, the San Francisco Sycisco orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in order to offer Apple Music Classical Auditors unpublished, unique and exclusive recordings from the launch of the app and after. Thanks to these exceptional partners, Apple Music Classical will also organize several live events in the Apple Store around the world, as part of the TODAY at Apple programming, which is starting now. Go to Apple.com/fr/Today to register for Teday at Apple sessions.

Apple Music also collaborates closely with large composers, artists and classic musicians in order to ensure that the application is support for the artistic community and fills lovers of classical music from all over the world.

The cellist Yo-Yo Ma participated in the first discussions concerning the need to design such an app, and is delighted that listeners have new means to access the world of classical music and explore it as they please. “Classical music, like the whole cultural scene, is greatly based on the bond, the ability to establish a relationship of understanding through time and space,” said Yo-Yo my. “This kind of innovations makes this connection possible and offers our curiosity the space necessary to explore, rediscover familiar works and marvel at the unexpected. »»

“I am delighted that Apple Music takes the initiative to set up a new standard for classical music in the streaming era,” said Hilary Hahn. I know that I can trust in the high quality and uncompressed native audio format of Apple Music to transmit all the subtleties of my performance, my instrument and the space in which I play. The recording of a classical music solo is a process requiring the collaboration of many actors, and the vast quantity of metadata provided by Apple Music Classical guarantees that all stakeholders – composers, arrangers, conductors, musicians, producers , publishers, and others – receive the credit they deserve. »»

“I worked with Apple teams to help them solve the problems posed by classical music streaming,” said Jonny Greenwood. They have developed a set of relevant solutions to respond to unique challenges hindering the search for classical music works on digital support. To put it simply, there is only a recording of the song “Blue” by Joni Mitchell, but several thousand “Rhapsody in Blue”. For a person who discovers the world of classical music, the first research can be very dumb and disconcerting. This is why it is beneficial to finally offer a front door accessible to this remarkable universe, with an app which is aimed at new classical music listeners as well as its long -standing followers, and which rewards the passion for music with music, in a direct and intuitive way. »»

“My whole life revolves around music, and as a composer and passionate, I have long thought that it is essential to humanity,” said Gordon P. Getty. “The arrival of Apple Music Classical is excellent news for the whole of our profession. It is an exceptional streaming service that celebrates various artists, highlights emblematic recordings and breathes a feeling of curiosity in all of us. Apple has created a unique experience up to our passion, and I am sure that it will advance the cause of music for future generations. »»

Availability

• From today, Apple Music Classical is available for download on the App Store wherever Apple Music is offered, except for the China, of the Koreafrom South, of Japan, of the Russia, of Taiwan and some Türkiye.
• People subscribed to Apple Music can now enjoy Apple Music Classical for an additional cost.
• Apple Music Classical is available on all iPhone models equipped with iOS 15.4 or a later version.
• Apple Music Classical for Android will soon be available.
• To listen to music on Apple Music Classical, users must have an Internet connection.
• For more information, see Apple.com/fr/music and follow @Appleclassical on Twitter.