Apple Music is now a major player in the record business and classical fans should take note

Hands up who expected Apple to buy a classical music record label famed for championing the underdog, focusing on sonic excellence and unearthing obscure gems? Me neither. If you’d asked me yesterday I’d have said there was as much chance of that as of Apple acquiring the catalog of Glasgow indie-pop trio Bis. Nonetheless, 24 hours later, Apple has acquired the similarly named but rather different BIS Records, which means it’s now releasing classical music as well as streaming it

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