IDAGIO launches free classical music service which has worldwide availability at a maximum of 192 kbps AAC and MP3 depending on platform. IDAGIO is available both on the web (www.idagio.com) and as a mobile app for iOS and Android devices. IDAGIO Free listeners can play their favourite classical music through speakers and external devices via Airplay and Bluetooth.
IDAGIO Free users can browse and listen to IDAGIO’s complete collection using Radio mode, meaning you can select and play any album, playlist, recording or composer, and IDAGIO will play you recommendations based on that selection. In between tracks or movements IDAGIO Free users will hear ‘in house’ ads promoting their Premium and Premium+ subscription plans. The free service does not offer Offline listening which is only available in the paid for services.
Audio quality is IDAGIO’s ‘Normal’ setting which varies in bitrate and format between platforms:
- iOS app: AAC format at 160 kbps
- Android app: AAC format at 192 kbps
- Web player and desktop apps: MP3 format at 192 kbps
With IDAGIO Premium and IDAGIO Premium+, users can listen in lossless audio quality (FLAC), store music offline and listen to IDAGIO via systems like Chromecast, Bluesound, Sonos and Burmester. IDAGIO Premium costs $9.99 and IDAGIO Premium+ costs €/$/£9.99 per month when signing up via the IDAGIO website, $12.99/month for iOS or $14.99/month on Android when subscribing via the App Store or Google Play Store in the US.
Till Janczukowicz, IDAGIO CEO and Founder said, “Our world is becoming faster, more hectic and more competitive every day. It gets increasingly difficult for people to cope with the fast pace of day-to-day-life. Classical music is timeless, global and grounded: it enables us to pause. A central part of our mission is to bring its beauty and calming power to people everywhere – regardless of age, origin or income. With IDAGIO Free, we see this as a decisive step in the democratization of classical music.”
IDAGIO has a catalogue of over 2 million tracks available in CD-Quality lossless FLAC together with a tailor-made search capability for classical music. The classical music streamer claims subscribers in over 190 countries with its app having been downloaded more than 1.5 million times.
