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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
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
for Choir a capella

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
The Man Sound vocal ensemble/
The Camerata chamber orchestra

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/
conductor, Valeri Palyanksy
Oleg Yanchenko, organ

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/
The Kiev Lyatoshinsky Chamber Choir

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