MTV Networks will provide fans texts of songs

Today, MTV Networks launches initiative, in which users sites MTV, VH1 and CMT (Country Music Television) will be given an opportunity to search the texts of songs, writes a blog CNET News Carolyn McCarthy.

To do so, MTV has entered into an agreement with Gracenote, which has the rights to the distribution of texts compositions of several major record label. In the near future, MTV Networks also plans to offer users of cellular phones for mobile search tools texts of songs. In addition, under contract for the channels MTV, VH1 and CMT will be demonstrations of new issues is well known in the United States playing Name That Tune.

Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed, so it was unclear how MTV Networks will be the price of Gracenote. Obviously, only that the Recording Studios in resentment and will not go to receive monetary compensation whenever users search the texts of songs label. The search results than texts will also streamed multimedia information on the artist songs, news from MTV News and links to online resources where you can buy the song.

By MTV Networks initiative will begin in November this year. Initially, users will have access to the texts 500000 compositions, and by mid-2008, "library texts" will be expanded several times.

The agreement with BMG Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony / ATV Music Publishing, Peermusic and other label company Gracenote concluded in July this year. The Treaty gave it the right to legally distribute the texts in North America more than a million songs. Until this pores Recording Studios did not conclude these transactions, and the sites where users can find the words favorite songs, acted in hiding.

Riccardo Muti brought full "Don Pasquale"

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On behalf of the Stanislavsky Theater scene and played himself operu-buff Gaetano Donizetti "Don Pasquale" in the setting of Ravennskogo music festival. The main hero of events organized by the festival "Cherry Forest" and the Center operatic singing Galina Vishnevski, became a world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti. Which, in turn, brought them to Moscow established Youth Orchestra Luigi Cherubini, pevtsov-solistov (all from Italy) and postanovochnuyu team. Tells SERGEY HODNEV.

For Riccardo Muti "Don Pasquale" -- the product of special significance: Thirty-six years ago just for this opera he debuts at the festival Zaltsburgskom. This year it made the actual artistic director Pfingsten-Festspiele Salzburg, a small but prestigious annual festival, the occasion of the feast of Pentecost, on the largely ancient music. "Hedlaynerom" this festival has become in the coming years, respectively, the Youth Orchestra Luigi Cherubini (giovanile Luigi Cherubini Orchestra), which Maestro Muti has collected more recently, and now seriously guardianship.

Donizetti apparently orchestra did little closer than music XVIII last quarter century, in any case, the great master of Italian style belkanto gives him more easily and EASE. As a result, virtually the whole orchestra play read carefully, with due measure uplift, but adventure, fun and treat molodtsevato. Combined with more than a good quality of the vocal soloists (who were testing as specialists belkanto that record and, in general, met the confidence) is attached opera obvious, but little charisma starorezhimnoe "correct" the Italian theater. Which now and in Italy, apparently otyschesh not suddenly.

As far as singers, their dignity without major surprises as consistent with the list of actors. Bass Nikola Alaimo (miserly old single Don Pasquale), was a rarity at soniferous, expressive and flexible that, along with funny and very impulsive games singer went to the role. Chief slyboots and faktotum Doctor Malatesta was excellent Speth Mario Kassi, holds izyaschneyshego lyric baritone, which has been presented that pleasant smooth manners that nasmeshlivo-ironichesky nature of the party. Laura Giordano (charming vdovushka Norina) initially sang and suhovato skovanno slightly, but then, mustered confidence has been able to demonstrate its glimmering liriko-koloraturnoe fresh and confident soprano with a great application for artistry. Parti Ernesto, passionately (well, but as yet), in love Norinu nephew Don Pasquale, chanted Dzeffiri Mauro, it is found in the general intelligent tenore di grazia rossinievskogo warehouse, gentle and beautiful, just not always impeccable tonally.

In St. Petersburg the same performers will present tomorrow, "Don Pasquale" in a concert performance, but the Muscovites had the chance to see theatrical version of Opera. Scenography quite modest; Don Pasquale room marked podium on the stage, which is relying era furniture. Abroad 1840-Four apparently do not go to any suits Gabriella Pescucci nor direction Andrea Del Rosa -- and yet time and ostraneniya irony is, and here. At the edges of the stage facing hangers with costumes, benches and tables, to which singers approached by portraying his "zastsennoe" Being away from the role. Although in the main part of the scene can be replayed entirely prostodushnaya comedy (Don Pasquale, for example, in despair, he stoned imposed imaginary wife vegetables), and there is still an element of distancing from the komediynosti, clever and at the same time a little sad. This is a very feel the opera itself, which is not so much something quite innovative, but able opery-buff development ancient traditions. Here there are rich tupoumny single, which need furniture, clever and a swindler, and a sham marriage, and a deep love and razoblachayuschaya all and the whole scene (in the garden, as in "Marriage of Figaro"). As a result, we are shown such a vision of opera comedy era belkanto -- valid until timidity, but even well-informed and lively.