The Orchestra App

Today's app is The Orchestra app:

​The Orchestra (http://www.touchpress.com/titles/orchestra/) Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the world-renowned Philharmonia performing extended extracts from eight works representing three centuries of symphonic music; app allows real-time selection of multiple video and audio tracks, along with an automatically synchronized score and dynamic graphical note-by-note visualization of each piece as it is played; an immersive environment for exploring the music and all the instruments of the orchestra; includes Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, Debussy: Prélude à l’après MIDI d’un faune, Mahler: Symphony No. 6, Stravinsky: The Firebird, Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra, and Salonen: Violin Concerto; features multi-camera, multi-track performances of eight pieces with automatically synchronized full score, curated score, or simplified representation; synchronized BeatMap highlights every note played on a graphical representation of the orchestra; optional audio and/or subtitle commentaries on every piece from both the conductor and the players; discover how each instrument works; read, watch, and hear the musicians themselves explain their role in the orchestra; text on the pieces, composers, and instruments specially written by Mark Swed, music critic of the LA Times; interactive video playback allows complete real-time control of the iPad screen in both landscape and portrait orientation; designed for iPad and iPad mini; languages include English, Japanese, Deutsch, and Français; (iOS 6.0 or later).