How is the classical music world changing? Looking back on a dizzying year, we pay particular attention to performers’ ...

In giving Apple Music Classical a test spin, a user finds the app providing more varied and interesting points of entry for casual and experienced classical fans than its parent app, Apple Music I’ve ...

Apple acquired Primephonic—a renowned classical music service—in 2021. For the unaware, Primephonic was a classical music streaming service aimed at addressing the needs of the fans of the classical ...

For years, classical music fans have been left behind in the streaming revolution. Finding particular works and recordings has been hit or miss on the major platforms, which were basically built to ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

Apple’s new app for classical music, Apple Music Classical, is now available as a free download for Apple Music subscribers. At launch, the service will be available globally, except in select markets ...

Apple will acquire the major Swedish classical music record label BIS Records, intending to fold it into Apple Music Classical and Platoon. BIS Records was founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. The ...

Julian Bream’s 1957 rendition of Weiss’ Tombeau Sur la Mort left a lifelong impression on me. As a ten-year-old, it ignited a passion for music and inspired me to pick up the guitar. In my formative ...

Apple Music Classical is a brilliantly designed app with the kind of detail and breadth of content that other music apps lack. But there was one element of the service which raised some eyebrows.

Apple has explained its reasoning behind separating out classical music into its own app, even as the service remains part of the overall Apple Music subscription. Apple Music Classical comes out of ...