Apple Music Classical

Apple

About this app

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 catalogue with search built for the genre. Enjoy the highest audio quality available (up to 24-bit/192 kHz Hi-Res Lossless) and hear classical favourites 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 catalogue (over 5 million tracks) with everything from new releases to celebrated masterpieces, plus thousands of exclusive albums.
• Search by composer, work, conductor or even catalogue 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 are 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.

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 on all Android phones running Android 9 (‘Pie’) or later.
• To listen to music on Apple Music Classical, you must have an internet connection.

Ratings and reviews

Pretty buggy. I've had it crash a handful of times, and it sometimes doesn't start to play a piece until after a few clicks. Despite that, it's still probably the best way to find and listen to classical music. How the app is designed is great; proper metadata means finding specific works or recordings is much easier. It's just the port to Android was clearly not given much care of attention

January 23, 2024: I can finally play music in here again. Keeping the review to 3 stars because I'm still mistrustful. January 2, 2024: This app USED to work most of the time but starting around December 2023, I can't search for anything and even if I manage to find an album, it refuses to play. Even after changing phones, I can't play any music. Apple, come on. Fix this mess.

Right up my alley, but difficult to navigate and very buggy. Super concept, just needs work. I love that this finally exists. It's not easy to filter through classical on standard Apple Music, so I've really been enjoying this, although sometimes the navigation is very opposite what I would expect. Not super user friendly. But the sound quality is great, as is the library. That being said, it currently won't play music on my phone, at all. Rats!

What's new

This update contains stability and performance enhancements.