Wednesday, July 31, 2013

"Melody" requested state aid to digitize archives

Russia's oldest record company used to pay the Ministry of Culture and the Federal Property Management Agency with a request for a partial for the digitization of the archive. - Right now, the "Melody" focuses on the production of a complete catalog that meets all modern requirements and standards of the global music industry, - said General Director of FSUE "Firm Melody" Andrew Krichevsky. - The catalog is all the unique historical records date library. We are absolutely sure that this directory will be comparable with the world's largest catalogs of major labels. He stressed that the creation of the catalog - a vital necessity. Digital sales are possible without them. - To create work is very complex. But this is only a small part of the work, the crucial question - digitized library and the processing of these files - continue Krichevsky. - There is a lot of money, millions of dollars. In this context, we hope to help the state. We will make a request to the Ministry of Culture. In Soviet times, the balance of "Melody" - FSUE this year could not be privatized - a hotel with the same name. Privatization of the hotel turned out that the hotel was sold in 2011 for 206 million rubles, and now, Krichevsky says half as much. - We then asked the Federal Property Management Agency, half of the money from the sale of the hotel came to digitize library. But it was decided to sell the hotel and taken to another FGUP money in the budget. Now we want our plans and arrangements, ask for half the money came from, nor to digitize your music library "Melodies", - said the head of the company. Now the "Melody" maintains a niche - reissue on CD recordings made in the Soviet era. By Krichevsky, these records "Melodies" are very popular in Europe. Recently introduced the "Melody" another group of newer versions of classical music. Among them - a CD of piano works by Lithuanian composers Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, "Art of the Fugue" by Bach in the recording pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva, Russian Capriccio played album of music by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, by GEO under Yevgeny Svetlanov "Khovanshchina" by Mussorgsky (conductor - Boris Haykin, Marfa - Irina Arkhipova), from 1975, receiving Russian ballet Stravinsky (orchestrate Evgeny Svetlanov, Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Fedoseyev) and other rarities. The liner notes are made in Latin. Although the band mainly Russian, but these issues are primarily intended for export. Foreigners buy them willingly - soundtrack, which honors international prices then and now can serve as a musical reference. - Asked Classical repertoire abroad much, they have a constant demand, - says Alexander Blinov, CEO of Russia EMI / Gala Records. - The "Music" unique catalog of classic recordings that no one else there. These records are a national treasure, like museum pieces. Prior to the creation of such a list no one thought. Initiative "Melodies" I think it is very accurate. True need to spend the enormous work: a new design, develop, digitize records. I think, for a work of 100 million rubles - quite sufficient number. Firm "Melody", the former Union Recording Studio "Melody", was founded in 1964 as a joint stock company for production, storage and distribution of sound recordings. The main products of the company in the Soviet Union was the records, especially vinyl. Since the 2000s produced only CD. "News"

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