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Norman Lebrecht on Music

I HAVE HEARD THE FUTURE, and it works. Whether Apple Classical Music will change our lives remains to be seen, but on the basis of some fairly vigorous testing I can assure you that the app, launched this month, is the solution to at least one first world problem.

If you happen to need the whole of classical music on tap, this is practically it. Apple delivers 115,000 works by 20,000 composers in any number of interpretations. Search for a performer and a result pops up within a second. If the name is missing, come back next

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