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Amazing selection, sub-par interface
For classical music, it’s tough to beat the sheer breadth and depth of the Naxos Music Library. The app’s interface for browsing and listening is not on par with the best commercial apps, but it’s serviceable and has allowed me to find both old favorites and some new treasures in the classical realm. My biggest complaint is the app’s odd fixation on “playlists” (consisting of individual tracks) as the primary mechanism for saving and organizing pieces i want to listen to again later. While the app is excellent at highlighting new and featured albums, about the only way to save albums as albums for future listening is to designate them as “favorites.” This is a welcome feature, as far as it goes, but it puts all favorites in one long list (with newest selections at the top) and I would really like a way to organize my favorite albums under named (by me) categories, whether called playlists or themes or folders. I also wish the app could play back tracks from my favorites list randomly, turning my ever-expanding favorites list into my own personal classical station.Show lessTseib
Exceptional Music Selection
As another poster commented, the app user interface could use some tweaking. I’ve found the desktop version a far more satisfactory experience, particularly the option to shuffle ALL of my favorite songs from favorite albums. It’s not an option on the mobile app. Unlike many classical music lovers I’m not fussy about movements in any particular order when I’m on the go. It’s unfortunate that subscription costs prevent more libraries from signing up. It’s a great classical music resource. Thank You!Show lessCutticut
Best musical selection, worst app
I’m torn as others are here. I subscribed for 3 years and finally stopped because as others have mentioned you get periodically auto-logged off, making offline listening a game of chance. The interface is nearly impossible for use on tablets/iPads. I love the music selection, but I need a break. I hope Naxos upgrades their app or goes with a different software developer. A library this good deserves a first rate app. For now I’m sitting on the sidelines unsubscribed and waiting.Show lessNaxosLover