Hey there, @mattspringer. 👋
Thanks so much for your feedback about this. I completely understand where you're coming from. I moved your post over to the My Collection space to keep the community organized.
Pandora radio stations are caught in a complicated set of licensing rules that were designed for the world of pop songs and ignore the realities of how Classical music is presented by the record labels. One rule prevents us from playing a number of consecutive tracks from the same album.
Unfortunately, many labels choose to divide longer classical movements into separate tracks. We are required to treat each track as a separate "song". The result is as you describe. We are torn between offering portions of fine performances of outstanding music and not offering those works at all.
Pandora radio stations are caught in a complicated set of licensing rules that were designed for the world of pop songs and ignore the realities of how Classical music is presented by the record labels. One rule prevents us from playing a number of consecutive tracks from the same album. Unfortunately, many labels choose to divide longer classical movements into separate tracks. We are required to treat each track as a separate "song". The result is as you describe. We are torn between offering portions of fine performances of outstanding music and not offering those works at all. As a solution, you may consider upgrading to Pandora Premium, which combines our radio service with on-demand listening and allows you to create custom playlists. Premium allows you to find and listen to individual pieces or complete albums without the restrictions noted above. Use this link to learn about the many benefits of upgrading. That said, we are continually working on ways to present classical music on Pandora radio stations in a more appropriate manner. On that note, we now have a station dedicated to full classical works that you can check out here.
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