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Evgeni Kostitsyn
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CDK Music Issues Notice of Sale of Music Business
Business Summary
CDK Music owns world exclusive perpetual rights in any format for the largest outside-of-Russia catalog of Russian produced recordings of classical music.
The CDK Music catalog is unequaled for the caliber of its artists and the excellence of their performances - many of which are of significant historical value.
Percentage of the recordings by Grammy award winners in the CDK Music catalog is higher than in catalogs by Universal, Sony, Warner Music or EMI. To see if CDK Music artists – Richter, Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Pletnev, Bashmet, Van Cliburn, Kremer – are indeed Grammy award winners check here: http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search.
Verifiable sales of many CDK artists exceed 1m copies per album.
Many CDK Music albums were acquired from the Russian label Gramzapis before its liquidation.
Former CDK licensees include 20th Century Fox, Allegro(US), Arbre(Japan), Regis(UK), Chandos(UK), Silk Road(China), Canadian Board of Film Producers...
CDK Music is prepared for sale. There is no-one on payroll. Old licenses were not prolonged and new licenses were not granted.
CDK was established in 1991. Since then it has had no debts and no lawsuits. CDK Music has a good reputation and the name known today to the most musicians and fans of classical music around the world.
CDK Music valuation by an independent certified appraisal company is available upon request.
Detail information about Evgeni Kostitsyn, the owner of CDK Music, is available at http://www.kostitsyn.org/bio.php
Details Pertaining to Sale
I. Perpetual World Exclusive Rights to all possible formats of audio catalogue - 99 titles - 104 cds - 1124 tracks - about 123 hours of recording.
See list of titles at Attachment A.
II. Perpetual World Exclusive Rights to all possible formats of 2 ready-to-press dvd productions:
1. "Playing with Richter", 65'. Subtitles in 6 languages.
2. "Yuri Bashmet", 98'. Subtitles in English.
III. Exclusive and Perpetual Intellectual Property Rights to CDK logo; cdkmusic.com domain name; CDK Music subscription website and CDK Music free web site.
IV. Exclusive and Perpetual Intellectual Property Rights to currently issued cd booklets and artwork.
Legal Reservations.
Any and all information provided to the potential buyer is provided for informational purposes only. Any sale requires an offer to purchase signed by both parties.
ATTACHMENT A
cat. # | Composer | Work | Artist | |
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1 |
|
ARTYOMOV |
Requiem |
Kitaenko: cnd/Moscow PSO |
2 |
|
BACH, J.S. |
Cantatas 78, 140 |
Sondeckis: cnd/Lithuanian CO/Estonian PCC |
3 |
|
BACH, J.S. |
Concertos for Two Pianos/Piano Cto. |
Dedova/Volchok/Nikolaeva: pnos/Sondeckis: cnd |
4 |
CDKM2001 |
BACH, J.S. |
Sonatas 1-6 for Violin & Harpsichord (2 CD Set) |
Oistrakh, Igor: vln/Zersalova: hpsd. |
5 |
|
BALAKIREV |
Symphony No. 1/Overture on Three Russian Songs/Russia |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
6 |
CDKM1019 |
BALAKIREV |
Symphony No. 2/Tamara/In Bohemia |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
7 |
CDKM1020 |
BEETHOVEN |
Creatures of Prometheus |
Fedoseyev: cnd |
8 |
|
BEETHOVEN |
Diabelli Variations |
Richter: pno |
9 |
301009 |
BEREZOVSKY |
The Ukrainian Sacred Music of the 18th Century
|
Chamber Choir of the Ukrainian Music: Vidrodgennia |
10 |
CDKM1015 |
BORODIN |
Symphonies 1 & 2 |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
11 |
CDKM1004 |
BRAHMS |
Violin Concerto/DVORAK |
Oistrakh: vln/Kondrashin: cnd/USSR RLSO |
12 |
CDKM1021 |
BRUCKNER |
Symphony No. 4 |
Fedoseyev: cnd |
13 |
|
CHESNOKOV |
Choral Works/TANEYEV |
Sandler: cnd/Leningrad TV & Radio Chorus |
14 |
|
CHESNOKOV |
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom |
Georgievsky: cnd/Moscow Church Choir |
15 |
|
CHOPIN |
Etudes |
Timofeyeva: pno |
16 |
CDKM1009 |
CHOPIN |
Preludes/SCRIABIN-Preludes |
Zhukov: piano |
17 |
CDK018 |
CHORAL |
Armenian Sacred Music of the 5th-13th Centuries |
Erkanyan/Armenian Ancient Music Ens. |
18 |
|
CHORAL |
Early Russian Polyphony |
Gridenko: cnd./Male Choir |
19 |
|
CHORAL |
Georgian Sacred Music |
Rustavi Ensemble |
20 |
|
CHORAL |
MONTEVERDI/MACHAUT/BRITTEN |
Nesterov: cnd |
21 |
CDK017 |
CHORAL |
Traditional and New Hymns of the Russian Orthodox Church 11th - 20th Centuries |
Kiev Choir Blagovest |
22 |
CDKM1006 |
CHORAL |
Russian Sacred Music of the17th & 18th Cent. |
Chernushenko: cnd/Leningrad Glinka Choir |
23 |
|
CHORAL |
Russian Sacred Music of the 19th & 20th Cent. |
Polyansky: cnd/Arkhipova: mezzo/USSR Chamber Choir |
24 |
|
CHORAL |
What Kind of Songs… |
Leningrad M. Glinka Choir/Chernushenko |
25 |
CDKM1014 |
GLINKA |
Ivan Susanin/Ruslan & Ludmila/Excerpts |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
26 |
|
GLINKA |
Orchestral Works |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
27 |
CDKM1003 |
GRIEG |
Piano Works |
Pletnev: pno |
28 |
CDKM1017 |
HAYDN |
Symphonies A, B, 1-3 |
Ermler: cnd/USSR Bolshoi TCME |
29 |
CDKM1007 |
HAYDN |
The Seven Last Words |
Borodin Quartet |
30 |
CDKM1008 |
KALINNIKOV |
Symphony No. 1/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
31 |
|
KHACHATURIAN |
Widow from Valencia/Masquerade |
Dudarova: cnd/Moscow SO |
32 |
CDK020-1&2 |
KOSTITSYN |
23 Preludes and Fugues for piano (2 cd set) |
Kostitsyn: pno |
33 |
CDK015 |
KOSTITSYN |
American Requiem I |
The Kostitsyn Symphony Orchestra and Choir / Moscow and St. Petersburg |
34 |
CDKM1016 |
LISZT |
Festkalnge/Hamlet/Hungary |
Ermler: cnd/USSR MCSO |
35 |
CDKP001 |
MILLENNIUM |
Gospels |
Oleg Bazhenov, composer, poet, singer
|
36 |
|
MOZART |
Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos & Orch. |
Nikolaeva/Virsaladze/Lugansky: pnos/Sondeckis: cnd |
37 |
|
MOZART |
Piano Concertos KV 37, 414, 415 |
Krainev: pno/Sondeckis: cnd/Lithuanian CO |
38 |
|
MOZART |
Violin Concerto No. 5/TARTINI |
Krylov: vln/Sondeckis: cnd/Lituanian CO |
39 |
|
MOZART |
Violin Sonatas KV 378 & 379 |
Kagan: vln/Richter: pno |
40 |
|
MUSSORGSKY |
Night on Bald Mt./BORODIN/BALAKIREV |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO |
41 |
|
MUSSORGSKY |
Pictures at an Exhibition/etc. |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
42 |
|
ORCHESTRAL |
HANDEL/STAMITZ/BRITTEN/etc. |
Moscow Virtuosi |
43 |
|
ORCHESTRAL |
Music of Italy |
Moscow Virtuosi |
44 |
CDK016 |
ORCHESTRAL |
Schnittke, Symphony 3 / Kostitsyn, Symphony 3 |
Rozhdestvensky: cnd/USSR MCSO |
45 |
|
ORCHESTRAL |
Waltzes & Polonaises by Russian Composers |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
46 |
CDK019 |
ORCHESTRAL |
Glinka, Kostitsyn, Rimsky-Korsakov |
Fedoseyev, Kostitsyn, Svetlanov, USSR SO, Kostitsyn SO, USSSR TV and Radio SO |
47 |
|
ORGAN |
Russian and German Organ Music |
Tsatsorin: organ |
48 |
CDKM1011 |
PIANO |
BEETHOVEN/TCHAIKOVSKY/LISZT |
Cliburn, Van: pno/Kondrashin: cnd. |
49 |
|
PIANO |
CHOPIN/SCHUMANN |
Bunin: pno |
50 |
|
PIANO |
SCHUBERT/LISZT/TCHAIKOVSKY/etc. |
Tarasov: pno |
51 |
CDKM2002 |
PROKOFIEV |
Piano Concertos 1 - 5 (2 CD Set) |
Postnikova: pno/Rozhdestvensky: cnd/USSR MCSO |
52 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Aleko |
Nesterenko/Fedin/Kitaenko:cnd/Moscow PSO |
53 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Bells/Spring |
Svetlanov/USSR SO/Yakovenko: bar/etc. |
54 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom |
Minin: cnd/Moscow Chamber Choir |
55 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Prince Rostislav/Capriccio/Piano Pieces |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
56 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Symphonic Dances/etc. |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
57 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Symphony No. 1/The Rock |
Kitaenko: cnd/Moscow PSO |
58 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Symphony No. 1/Vocalise |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
59 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Symphony No. 2/The Rock |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
60 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Symphony No. 3/Isle of the Dead |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
61 |
|
RACHMANINOV |
Vespers |
Polyansky: cnd/USSR Chamber Choir |
62 |
|
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV |
Pan Voyevoda/Snow Maiden/Coq d'or Suite/etc. |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
63 |
|
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV |
Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol |
Fedoseyev: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO |
64 |
|
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV |
Sinfonietta/Overture/Russian Easter Festival Ov./etc. |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
65 |
|
SCHNITTKE |
Choral Concerto/Two Small Pieces for Organ |
The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir/
|
66 |
|
SCHNITTKE |
Concerto Grosso No.1/Cello Cto. |
Kremer/Bashmet/Gridenko/Rozhdestvensky |
67 |
|
SCHNITTKE |
Concerto Grosso No.2/Viola Cto. |
Kagan/Gutman/Bashmet/Rozhdestvensky/USSR MCSO |
68 |
|
SCHNITTKE |
Symphony No. 1 |
Rozhdestvensky/USSR MCSO |
69 |
|
SCHNITTKE |
Symphony No. 2 |
Rozhdestvensky: cnd/Leningrad PSO |
70 |
|
SCHNITTKE |
Symphony No. 4 |
Rozhdestvensky: cnd/Polyansky: dir |
71 |
CDKM1023 |
SCRIABIN |
Symphony No. 1/Poem of Ecstasy |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
72 |
|
SCRIABIN |
Symphony No. 2/Poem of Ecstasy |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
73 |
|
SHCHEDRIN |
Polyphonic Notebook (organ trans.) |
Chulovsky: organ |
74 |
|
SHOSTAKOVICH |
24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano (3 CD Set) |
Nikolaeva: pno |
75 |
|
SHOSTAKOVICH |
Symphonies 1 & 3 |
Rozhdestvensky: cnd/USSR MCSO |
76 |
CDKM1012 |
SHOSTAKOVICH |
Symphony No. 8 |
Fedoseyev: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO |
77 |
|
SHOSTAKOVICH |
Symphony No. 10 |
Fedoseyev: cnd |
78 |
|
SHOSTAKOVICH |
Violin Sonata/Viola Sonata |
Kagan: vln/Bashmet: vla/Richter: pno |
79 |
CDKM1018 |
STRAUSS, J. |
Old Vienna Melodies |
Kogan: cnd/USSR MCSO |
80 |
|
STRAVINSKY |
Le Sacre du Printemps/Jeu de Cartes |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
81 |
|
SVIRIDOV |
Five Choruses/Poem |
Temirkanov/Leningrad PSO/Chernushenko |
82 |
|
SVIRIDOV |
Romances/Cast Off Russia |
Obraztsova: mezzo/Sviridov: pno |
83 |
|
SVIRIDOV |
Snow-Storm/Pushkin's Garland |
Fedoseyev: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO |
84 |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Grand Sonata/Children's Album |
Pletnev: pno |
85 |
CDKM1022 |
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom |
Polyansky/USSR Chamber Choir |
86 | CDKM1013 | TCHAIKOVSKY | Piano Music | Svyatoslav Richter |
87 |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Seasons/Romances |
Anatoli Solovyanenko Siberian Violinists Ens. |
88 |
CDKM1002 |
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Swan Lake Suite, Nutcracker Suite |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
89 |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Symphony No. 2/Serenade for Strings |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
90 |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Symphony No. 4/Capriccio Italien/etc. |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
91 |
CDKM1010 |
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Symphony No. 5/The Tempest |
Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO |
92 |
CDKM1005 |
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Twelve Pieces of Average Difficulty, Op. 40 |
Pletnev, piano |
93 |
CDKM1001 |
TCHAIKOVSKY |
Variations on a Rococo Theme/Sextet |
Rostropovich/Talalyan/Borodin Qt./Rozhdestvensky |
94 |
|
TRADITIONAL |
Moon is Shining, The |
Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra |
95 |
|
TRADITIONAL |
Unknown Utyosov |
Utyosov |
96 |
|
VEDEL |
Choir Concertos 8 - 15 |
Artistic Director, Victor Ikonnik/
|
97 |
|
VIOLIN |
BEETHOVEN/RAVEL/CHAUSSON/etc. |
Oistrakh, David: vln/Kondrashin: cnd. |
98 |
|
VOCAL |
Arias from Operas, Russian folk songs |
Burchuladze, Paata: bass |
99 |
|
VOCAL |
Concert Serenade |
Atlantov, Vladimir: tenor |