Get the app designed specifically for classical music. Available to Apple Music subscribers at no additional cost. Instantly find any recording in the world’s largest classical music catalog with search built for the genre. Enjoy the highest audio quality available (up to 24-bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and hear classical favorites like never before in Spatial Audio—all with zero ads.
Apple Music Classical also makes it easy for beginners to get to know the classical genre thanks to hundreds of Essentials playlists, insightful composer biographies, deep-dive guides for many key works, and intuitive browsing features.
The Ultimate Classical Experience
• Get unlimited access to the world’s largest classical music catalog (over 5 million tracks) with everything from new releases to celebrated masterpieces, plus thousands of exclusive albums.
• Search by composer, work, conductor, or even catalog number, and find specific recordings instantly.
• Listen in the highest audio quality (up to 24 bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and enjoy thousands of recordings in immersive Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos.
• Know exactly who and what you’re listening to thanks to complete, accurate metadata.
• Learn about each classical period with The Story of Classical audio guides.
• Dig deeper as you listen, with insightful album notes, descriptions of key works, and thousands of composer biographies.
• Browse booklets for thousands of albums including in depth liner notes, translations, and more.
• Listen with CarPlay for music on the move.
• Ask Siri to play a composer, work or instrument.
• Listen using AirPlay on compatible wireless devices.
Requirements
• Requires an Apple Music subscription (Individual, Student, Family, or Apple One).
• Availability and features vary by country and region, plan, or device. The list of countries where Apple Music Classical is available can be found at https://support.apple.com/HT204411.
• Apple Music Classical is available for all iPhones and iPads running iOS or iPadOS 16.0 or later.
• To listen to music on Apple Music Classical, you must have an internet connection.
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Summary of user reviews
Positive highlights
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This app hasVast library of classical music
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This app hasEasy to navigate and search
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This app hasHigh-quality audio
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This app hasAbility to create custom playlists
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This app hasBeautifully designed interface
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This app hasCurated playlists and recommendations
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This app hasProvides background information and insights on compositions
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This app hasDedicated classical music app, separate from regular Apple Music
Negative highlights
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This app hasDeleting playlists in the app also deletes them from the main Apple Music app
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This app hasNo shuffle option for playlists
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This app hasMislabeled compositions and poor filtering options
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This app hasSync issues between the app and main Apple Music app
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This app hasDifficult to find certain compositions by composer, performer, etc.
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This app hasNo iPad or macOS version
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This app hasNo CarPlay support
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This app hasNo real-time lyrics for operas
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This app hasLack of social features like forums or chat
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This app hasPotential algorithmic bias in excluding certain classical works
What's New in Apple Music Classical
2.1
November 12, 2024
This update adds support for CarPlay and Siri, plus stability and performance enhancements.
This app has really improved. It is a joy to use visually, with a great choice of layouts for the Now Playing screen, and good options for library and favourites management. And now album booklets!! And gapless playback seems to have been fixed, at least on my iPad to a usb c connected DAC. I wish Airplay supported hi res though.
One problem persists though - if you need to offline music to listen to without a connection you need to go back to the regular app and miss out in the slick and enjoyable experience of this app. Also I’ve noticed the app downgrades the music quality if it detects even a slight degradation of the WiFi to the iPad, so the only way to avoid this is to download the music, and to to do that you need to keep switching to the regular music app. So I was spending all my time not using the classical app. Pity.
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Response from developer
We are happy to share that Apple Music Classical now also offers a dedicated app for iPad.
