Apple Music, the music streaming service that has been around since 2011, is getting a classical music app. The app will be available on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, and it will cost $5 per month. The classical music app will have a variety of different songs from different genres, as well as live performances of classical pieces. It will also be able to play back classical pieces offline. This is a great addition to Apple Music, as it gives users a wider variety of options for listening to their favorite music. Additionally, it can help people learn more about classic pieces of music.
What’s Going on With Primephonic?
As is often the case when one company buys another, Primephonic is going away. As of this writing, the service is no longer accepting new users, and it’ll completely shut down on September 7, which doesn’t give current users very much time to enjoy the service before it’s gone.
Fortunately, Apple will incorporate Primephonic’s functionality and playlists into the Apple Music service, leaving fans a place to experience the content.
In the future, Apple intends to release a standalone classic music application in 2022, so fans can get the full experience offered by Primephonic at some point later. Apple describes its intentions, saying that it will offer “the best features of Primephonic, including better browsing and search capabilities by composer and by repertoire, detailed displays of classical music metadata, plus new features and benefits.”
For its part, Primephonic posted a note on its website where it says, “As a classical-only startup, we can not reach the majority of global classical listeners, especially those that listen to many other music genres as well. We therefore concluded that to achieve our mission, we need to partner with a leading streaming service that encompasses all music genres and also shares our love for classical music.”
What Happens to Exist Primephonic Users?
With Apple Music’s spatial audio feature, it’s actually a great place to take in the depth offered by classical music, so this transition might not be a bad thing.
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