Apple Music Classical brings golden oldies to the iPhone

The tech giant’s new app will allow fans of old music to enjoy five million tracks by celebrated composers at a touch of their devices.

Featuring more than 700 playlists spanning eight centuries of music, Apple Music Classical promises a comprehensive experience for fans of the longstanding genre.

“Classical works have multiple movements and tracks,” said the company in a press release giving an overview of its new app. “Famous pieces have hundreds of recordings with different orchestras, conductors, and soloists, and many composers have their own special catalogue classifications.”

It added: “With these complexities in mind, Apple Music Classical has redesigned search to instantly deliver exactly what users are looking for using all combinations of keywords, from composer and work, to opus number, conductor, artist, or instrument, and even a work’s nickname.”

Artwork depicting classical composers has also been specially commissioned to add an extra splash of color to the app, with Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky among featured artists.

Story of Classical audio guides are also provided, for those who wish to brush up on their musicology and learn more about the history of the genre.

Apple Music Classical is available for download from the App Store wherever it offers Apple Music, excluding China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey.