Apple has launched a standalone app for classical music called Apple Music Classical in a fresh bid to take on Spotify. The app, which will be free to use for all Apple Music subscribers (except those ...

Apple said it was building a standalone app for classical music when it purchased, and subsequently shut down, the Primephonic streaming service. That was 2021, and until now, we haven't known when ...

Well, it hasn’t exactly been presto or even vivace. No, the arrival of Apple Music Classical has been rather adagio, or even lento. Okay, I’m laboring the point with my references to those Italian ...

This Spanish pop star’s new album is being advertised as symphonic and operatic. Its music borrows from both, without ...

Apple has acquired 50-year-old record label BIS Records, the Swedish company’s founder, Robert von Bahr, announced Tuesday. The purchase of the classical music-focused label follows Apple’s late March ...

The pianist's album highlights women in classical music, blending centuries-old compositions with modern arrangements for the ...

Raphaël Feuillâtre brings warmth and lyricism to Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez,” showcasing his gift in concert with the ...

When the developer Erik Kemp designed the first metadata system for MP3s in 1996, he provided only three options for attaching text to the music. Every audio file could be labeled with only an artist, ...

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, ...

She doesn’t have the name recognition of Beyonce or Taylor Swift, but Philadelphia composer Jennifer Higdon won a Grammy award last night for composition. Higdon is one of the more popular names in ...