Apple Music Classical Expanding to More Countries Later This Month

Is one of those countries Mac?

Yawn.

Had such high expectations for Apple Classical, most of them dashed upon release.

Lack of support for lossless and hi-res playback on some Apple and most non-Apple devices, including my Sonos system, ended up being the dealbreaker for me.

Fortunately, Qobuz showed up in Canada soon after AC went live. Switched and haven't looked back, though Qobuz's search engine could be better. Then again, so could Apple Classical's...

Please put it on Apple TV.

The app can be pre-ordered now on the App Store in these regions.

I better hurry before the App Store sells out /s

I wonder why classical music specifically requires it's own service. Any ideas?

This has been discussed ad infinitum in earlier Apple Classical threads but basically boils down to the fact that classical works don't really fit the artist-album-track model used in most streaming services, including Apple Music and Spotify.

For example, if the artist is the performer, where does the composer go (or vice versa)?

These issues are especially problematic when it comes to search engines: how many symphony no. 3s or sonatas in D minor are there and how do you distinguish between them? what if I want to search for a specific movement in a work? what if I want to search by catalogue number (BWV for J.S. Bach's works, K for Mozart's and others, including duplicate catalogues and very obscure ones)? Etc., etc.

It can usually be done in Apple Music and Spotify, though finding a specific album or track may require several different searches before you get it and sometimes you just won't. In Apple Classical, it's better though far from perfect (The New Yorker's classical music critic Alex Ross's takedown is worth reading) and usually excellent in Idagio.

How about expanding to CarPlay?