Why The iPod Fails At Classical Music

“Classical music fits badly into the Walkman world, and even worse into the iPod world. For one thing, the technology doesn’t suit it very well. Try listening to an opera on an iPod, and you’ll discover the software puts a gap between tracks, which is pretty annoying if you’re trying to enjoy the dramatic flow of an opera scene. And just try searching for your favourite Beethoven trio on iTunes, which is designed to search for “song” and “artist”, and copes badly with keys and opus numbers. But the very conception of music embodied in the iPod is bound to seem odd to a classical music lover.”