Apple’s classical streaming is about to launch
NewsAlmost two years in the making, Apple is about to launch a dedicated classical music streaming service.
We’re expecting details within the hour.
Watch this space.
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That’s of course the point. Record labels sit on mountains of recordings of the repertoire staples. DG and Sony will be fine even if they never, ever get to record another solo Bach or Beethoven symphony. And streaming services, which use all this back catalogue (and presumably soon the equally massive Hyperion ‘niche’ repertoire) will be fine too – few people search for hyper-niche rarities on streaming.
The ones who will suffer will be current artists and rarer and newer repertoire.