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Where classical music and iPhone apps converge
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PierreB 
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Posted 03 October 2008 - 05:09 PM
On the Jazz front, some of the labels have been releasing some of their back catalog of timeless Jazz classics by some of the giants of the genre. Interestingly enough, some of these releases are digital only.
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Posted 03 October 2008 - 05:32 PM
While I agree with the general idea that things are getting better in the Classical area, one part of it is definitely not - and that's choral music. My choir has 6 discs up on iTunes with more in the pipeline (check us out, just look for Chor Leoni Men's Choir) but there's no 'choral' sub-genre, so we're scattered all over the map: world, folk, vocal and holiday. It would make things a lot easier if they just added a choral genre.
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Posted 04 October 2008 - 05:27 AM
That description of us as a "peculiar and particular breed" did make me laugh. I guess we are a bit special and I'm glad iTunes is now starting to do something about classifying Classical music. Maybe their genres/sub-genres will start to bear some resemblance to the ones I've set up in my library. Then it might be easier for me to browse genre view icons.
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Posted 04 October 2008 - 07:27 AM
Naxos made a deal with Apple? So what happens to Naxos' digital music store, classicsonline? It's an excellent source of DRM-free downloads. I might also mention deutschegrammophon.com, a superb source of high-quality, DRM-free, reasonably priced, properly organized classical downloads. Why screw around with the amateurs at the iTunes store when there so many much better options?
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Posted 04 October 2008 - 10:54 AM
Quite frankly I don't even bother to download the so called iTune upgrades, I'll wait till it gets intelligent enough to deal properly with classical music. I have no hopes, since we who are only into "classical" are such a small part of the "Money making" enterprises that it's not worth spending much time or money on us! When I've tried to put some of my own CD's or LP's it has made such a mess of tracks and insists on making playlists and taking me to the store etc. etc. Forget it, when I hear from friends I'll reconsider.
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Posted 04 October 2008 - 01:36 PM
Too bad the iPhone and iPod touch ("Best iPod ever") don't do album shuffle anymore. I want to keep the different movements in a classical concert together and don't want it be treated as a 'song'. Can't do that anymore on Apple's latest hardware. So my classical music is now on an older iPod, and removed from my iPhone. Bad Apple.
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 10:17 AM
Considering the huge volume of unadulterated crap that passes for pop music these days, the iTunes Store ought to work hard to include a good selection of jazz and classical recordings in order to avoid turning itself into a culturally-ignorant, musical junk shop.
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Posted 05 October 2008 - 04:33 PM
I'm even more particular than most classical fans, as at this point in my life, I really only listen to Baroque (my soul is in much need of soothing and refreshment); I have no complaints about itunes and the selection: it's excellent and reflects that somebody out there knows what they're doing. All the composers (well-known and obscure) are abundantly represented as are the major labels that specialize in the period: harmonia mundi, hyperian, oiseau-lyre/philips, dorian, bis etc. From my little corner of the "classical" world, no complaints and much satisfaction.
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Posted 06 October 2008 - 04:54 AM
You said, "Apple made a deal with Naxos, perhaps the largest independent classical label in the world". I don't understand this statement. You made it sounded like it is a new and recent development.
Naxos had always provided its full catalogue DRM-Free to Apple for iTunes Store ever since 2005. The fact that the entire Naxos catalogue is not yet on iTunes Store DRM-Free, is totally due to the speed in which Apple release contents from the labels; whether it is the majors or the independents.
I know for a fact, Naxos is the first independent music label who gave Apple DRM-Free tracks.
Naxos had always provided its full catalogue DRM-Free to Apple for iTunes Store ever since 2005. The fact that the entire Naxos catalogue is not yet on iTunes Store DRM-Free, is totally due to the speed in which Apple release contents from the labels; whether it is the majors or the independents.
I know for a fact, Naxos is the first independent music label who gave Apple DRM-Free tracks.
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