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Prospectus
July 8, 2006
                                                                                                                        Inquiries:
                                                                                                                        Dana Zhukova 
dz@zhukovalaw.com
Telephone: U.S. 1-850-936-0296

CDK Music Issues Notice of Sale of Music Business

Business Summary.

CDK Music owns the largest catalog of Russian- and Soviet-produced works outside of Russia, the majority of which were acquired from the Russian label Gramzapis before its liquidation.   Compared to any classical music and works catalog in the world, this catalog is unequalled for the caliber of its artists and the excellence of its performances--many of which are of significant historical value.  

The CDK Music catalog is unique for its selection of Russian-composed music performed by renown Russian artists. Indeed, the Russian artists are the most important quality of CDK Music and that quality which sets CDK Music apart from other classical music catalogs.

Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, MstislavRostropovich, Mikhail Pletnev, Evgeni Svetlanov, Vladimir Fedosejev, Oleg Kagan, Natalia Gutman are some of the names that will make this catalog the pre-eminent source for Russian classical music by Russian artists.

Owner.   
The owner of CDK Music is the Russian composer and pianist, Evgeni Kostitsyn, whose education in music started as a child where he spent his primary and secondary years at a school for the musically gifted.  After graduating from the Kharkov Institute of Arts with a Master’s Degree in Music with an Emphasis in Composition, he received private instruction from Professor Edison Denisov at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. Evgeni has the singular distinction of being named “First Laureate of the First Ukrainian International Competition for Composers” for his First Prize winning composition, which thereafter, under the rules of competition, bears the name “Evgeni Kostitsyn International Competition for Composers.” In 1999, the US Government granted Evgeni special visa status for “Persons with Extraordinary Achievements and Abilities”—a rare immigration category reserved for people, like Nobel Prize winners and internationally renowned artists, whose work-product or accomplishments are such that their presence in the U.S. is considered to be “in the national interest.”
     Evgeni Kostitsyn is the author of a new method for the organization of musical material, known as Synchronous Music, representing musical compositions which unfold concurrently, parallel to each other.  More than 50 of his own compositions are exemplary of this style and they are remarkable for their graceful ingenuity, diversity and power.  His own cds, “American Requiem I” and “Symphony#3”, produced in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kiev, Ukraine are included in the CDK Catalog.
     Evgeni has dedicated the past 6 years almost exclusively to the time-consuming tasks of developing CDK Music and initiating the licensing and distribution of its titles; he has been intimately involved in every decision, however small or big.   The cd booklet notes which he wrote are literary gems, replete with factual details and tinged by the writer’s sense of humor whose (occasionally controversial) opinions only enhance the charm of the booklets.
Foremost a composer,   Evgeni Kostitsyn is now selling CDK Music in order to concentrate on his own music with the goals of obtaining composition commissions, opportunities to work with an orchestra, and performance venues for his own works.  A list of his compositions may be viewed at http://www.cdkmusic.com/evgeni_kostitsyn_list_of_works.htm.

Inquiries to Dana Zhukova at dz@zhukovalaw.com or by telephone at U.S. 1-850-936-0296.
Direct inquiries to CDK owner Evgeni Kostitsyn about the sale of CDK Music or about Evgeni’s work and performances are welcome.   Tele/Fax:  U.S. 1-561-347-0726; Email: ekostitsyn@yahoo.com

Details Pertaining to Sale.

I.   Perpetual World Exclusive Rights to all possible formats of audio catalogue - 98 titles – 102

1080 tracks – about 120 hours of recording.  See list of titles at Attachment A (pages 4-6 of this prospectus), or at http://www.cdkmusic.com/Catalog%20of%20Titles%20New.htm.  To access all 1080 audio tracks at the CDK Music subscription web site, please contact ekostitsyn@yahoo.com for login information.

II.   25-Year World (excluding Ukraine) 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.   Prospective proceeds from existing CDK licensee-contracts:

1. Moscow Studio Archive: Non-Exclusive North American Perpetual Rights to 50 CDK titles.

2. Regis, UK:  World Exclusive Rights (for 4 years) to 15 titles (17 cds). Note: Most of Regis/CDK albums are compilations.  Nothing prevents CDK from issuing all CDK original albums under CDK logo and distributing them world-wide.

3. Silk Road, China: Exclusive mainland China-Only Rights to the cd-format only of 23 CDK titles. Current contract will expire on Jan 7, 2007 and may be renewed for another 3-year term.

IV.   Prospective proceeds from existing CDK distributor-contracts.  More information available upon request.

V.   Existing US- and UK-warehouse stock of approximately 13, 580 cds of selected CDK albums.

VI.   Exclusive and Perpetual Intellectual Property Rights to CDK logo; cdkmusic.com domain name; CDK Music subscription website and CDK Music free web site.

VII.   Exclusive and Perpetual Intellectual Property Rights to currently issued cd booklets and artwork.

CDK currently has pending licensing contracts for the following video catalogues which might be of interest to the CDK Music buyer:
 
I.   25-Year World (excluding Russia) Exclusive Rights to all possible formats of 24 video programs.  
See List of titles at Attachment B (page 7 of this prospectus) or at
http://www.cdkmusic.com/cdk_music_video_programs.htm.

II.   25-Year World (excluding Ukraine) Exclusive Rights to all possible formats of 43 video programs of ballets and operas.  See List of titles at Attachment C (pages 8-9 of this prospectus).  

The acquisition of the above video catalogs will make the purchaser the owner of the largest Russian-produced classical video catalog in the world.

Legal Reservations.

Any and all information provided to the potential buyer is provided for informational purposes only. Seller does not make any representations and/or warranties as to the accuracy of the information provided and that potential buyer is to make his or her own independent evaluation of the opportunities described above.
Any sale requires an offer to purchase signed by both parties.

ATTACHMENT A

 

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

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

BALAKIREV

Symphony No. 2/Tamara/In Bohemia

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

7

BEETHOVEN

Creatures of Prometheus

Fedoseyev: cnd

8

BEETHOVEN

Diabelli Variations

Richter: pno

9

BEREZOVSKY

The Ukrainian Sacred Music of the 18th Century
for Choir a capella

Chamber Choir of the Ukrainian Music: Vidrodgennia

10

BORODIN

Symphonies 1 & 2

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

11

BRAHMS

Violin Concerto/DVORAK

Oistrakh: vln/Kondrashin: cnd/USSR RLSO

12

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

CHOPIN

Preludes/SCRIABIN-Preludes

Zhukov: piano

17

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

CHORAL

Traditional and New Hymns of the Russian Orthodox Church 11th - 20th Centuries

Kiev Choir Blagovest

22

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

GLINKA

Ivan Susanin/Ruslan & Ludmila/Excerpts

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

26

GLINKA

Orchestral Works

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

27

GRIEG

Piano Works

Pletnev: pno

28

HAYDN

Symphonies A, B, 1-3

Ermler: cnd/USSR Bolshoi TCME

29

HAYDN

The Seven Last Words

Borodin Quartet

30

KALINNIKOV

Symphony No. 1/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

31

KHACHATURIAN

Widow from Valencia/Masquerade

Duderova: cnd/Moscow SO

32

KOSTITSYN

American Requiem I

The Kostitsyn Symphony Orchestra and Choir / Moscow and St. Petersburg

33

LISZT

Festkalnge/Hamlet/Hungary

Ermler: cnd/USSR MCSO

34

MILLENNIUM

Gospels

Oleg Bazhenov, composer, poet, singer
The Man Sound vocal ensemble/
The Camerata chamber orchestra

35

MOZART

Concertos for 2 & 3 Pianos & Orch.

Nikolaeva/Virsaladze/Lugansky: pnos/Sondeckis: cnd

36

MOZART

Piano Concertos KV 37, 414, 415

Krainev: pno/Sondeckis: cnd/Lithuanian CO

37

MOZART

Violin Concerto No. 5/TARTINI

Krylov: vln/Sondeckis: cnd/Lituanian CO

38

MOZART

Violin Sonatas KV 378 & 379

Kagan: vln/Richter: pno

39

MUSSORGSKY

Night on Bald Mt./BORODIN/BALAKIREV

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO

40

MUSSORGSKY

Pictures at an Exhibition/etc.

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

41

ORCHESTRAL

HANDEL/STAMITZ/BRITTEN/etc.

Moscow Virtuosi

42

ORCHESTRAL

Music of Italy

Moscow Virtuosi

43

ORCHESTRAL

Schnittke, Symphony 3 / Kostitsyn, Symphony 3

Rozhdestvensky: cnd/USSR MCSO

44

ORCHESTRAL

Waltzes & Polonaises by Russian Composers

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

45

ORCHESTRAL

Glinka, Kostitsyn, Rimsky-Korsakov

Fedoseyev, Kostitsyn, Svetlanov, USSR SO, Kostitsyn SO, USSSR TV and Radio SO

46

ORGAN

Russian and German Organ Music

Tsatsorin: organ

47

PIANO

BEETHOVEN/TCHAIKOVSKY/LISZT

Cliburn, Van: pno/Kondrashin: cnd.

48

PIANO

CHOPIN/SCHUMANN

Bunin: pno

49

PIANO

SCHUBERT/LISZT/TCHAIKOVSKY/etc.

Tarasov: pno

50

PROKOFIEV

Piano Concertos 1 - 5 (2 CD Set)

Postnikova: pno/Rozhdestvensky: cnd/USSR MCSO

51

RACHMANINOV

Aleko

Nesterenko/Fedin/Kitaenko:cnd/Moscow PSO

52

RACHMANINOV

Bells/Spring

Svetlanov/USSR SO/Yakovenko: bar/etc.

53

RACHMANINOV

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Minin: cnd/Moscow Chamber Choir

54

RACHMANINOV

Prince Rostislav/Capriccio/Piano Pieces

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

55

RACHMANINOV

Symphonic Dances/etc.

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

56

RACHMANINOV

Symphony No. 1/The Rock

Kitaenko: cnd/Moscow PSO

57

RACHMANINOV

Symphony No. 1/Vocalise

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

58

RACHMANINOV

Symphony No. 2/The Rock

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

59

RACHMANINOV

Symphony No. 3/Isle of the Dead

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

60

RACHMANINOV

Vespers

Polyansky: cnd/USSR Chamber Choir

61

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Pan Voyevoda/Snow Maiden/Coq d'or Suite/etc.

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

62

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol

Fedoseyev: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO

63

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Sinfonietta/Overture/Russian Easter Festival Ov./etc.

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

64

SCHNITTKE

Choral Concerto/Two Small Pieces for Organ

The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir/
conductor, Valeri Palyanksy
Oleg Yanchenko, organ

65

SCHNITTKE

Concerto Grosso No.1/Cello Cto.

Kremer/Bashmet/Gridenko/Rozhdestvensky

66

SCHNITTKE

Concerto Grosso No.2/Viola Cto.

Kagan/Gutman/Bashmet/Rozhdestvensky/USSR MCSO

67

SCHNITTKE

Symphony No. 1

Rozhdestvensky/USSR MCSO

68

SCHNITTKE

Symphony No. 2

Rozhdestvensky: cnd/Leningrad PSO

69

SCHNITTKE

Symphony No. 4

Rozhdestvensky: cnd/Polyansky: dir

70

SCRIABIN

Symphony No. 1/Poem of Ecstasy

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

71

SCRIABIN

Symphony No. 2/Poem of Ecstasy

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

72

SHCHEDRIN

Polyphonic Notebook (organ trans.)

Chulovsky: organ

73

SHOSTAKOVICH

24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano (3 CD Set)

Nikolaeva: pno

74

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphonies 1 & 3

Rozhdestvensky: cnd/USSR MCSO

75

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No. 8

Fedoseyev: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO

76

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No. 10

Fedoseyev: cnd

77

SHOSTAKOVICH

Violin Sonata/Viola Sonata

Kagan: vln/Bashmet: vla/Richter: pno

78

STRAUSS, J.

Old Vienna Melodies

Kogan: cnd/USSR MCSO

79

STRAVINSKY

Le Sacre du Printemps/Jeu de Cartes

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

80

SVIRIDOV

Five Choruses/Poem

Temirkanov/Leningrad PSO/Chernushenko

81

SVIRIDOV

Romances/Cast Off Russia

Obraztsova: mezzo/Sviridov: pno

82

SVIRIDOV

Snow-Storm/Pushkin's Garland

Fedoseyev: cnd/USSR TV & Radio LSO

83

TCHAIKOVSKY

Grand Sonata/Children's Album

Pletnev: pno

84

TCHAIKOVSKY

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Polyansky/USSR Chamber Choir

85

TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Music

Svyatoslav Richter

86

TCHAIKOVSKY

Seasons/Romances

Anatoli Solovyanenko Siberian Violinists Ens.

87

TCHAIKOVSKY

Swan Lake Suite, Nutcracker Suite

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

88

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 2/Serenade for Strings

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

89

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 4/Capriccio Italien/etc.

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

90

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 5/The Tempest

Svetlanov: cnd/USSR SO

91

TCHAIKOVSKY

Twelve Pieces of Average Difficulty, Op. 40

Pletnev, piano

92

TCHAIKOVSKY

Variations on a Rococo Theme/Sextet

Rostropovich/Talalyan/Borodin Qt./Rozhdestvensky

93

TRADITIONAL

Moon is Shining, The

Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra

94

TRADITIONAL

Unknown Utyosov

Utyosov

95

VEDEL

Choir Concertos 8 - 15

Artistic Director, Victor Ikonnik/
The Kiev Lyatoshinsky Chamber Choir

96

VIOLIN

BEETHOVEN/RAVEL/CHAUSSON/etc.

Oistrakh, David: vln/Kondrashin: cnd.

97

VOCAL

Arias from Operas, Russian folk songs

Burchuladze, Paata: bass

98

VOCAL

Concert Serenade

Atlantov, Vladimir: tenor

ATTACHMENT B

  1. Telefilm "Stars from Rossi Street".
  2. “Ballet in Peterhof".
  3. "White Nights”.
  4. “Television film "St-Petersburg Stars".
  5. “Telefilm "Boris Eifman's Ballet Theater".
  6. “Wonderkids”.
  7. “Vadim Repin, violin; Pavel Kogan, conductor. Brahms Violin Concerto.
  8.  Television film "Shostakovich: father and son".
  9. "Eifman in Bolshoi".
  10. “Polina Osetinskaya. JS Bach – Partitas #1 & 6.  Dmitri Shostakovich – selected Preludes and Fugues”.  
  11. "Extraordinary children of the extraordinary country". 
  12. “Dialogue with a childhood”  a film about Russian pianist Polina Osetinskaja.
  13. “Dialogue with a youth”  - a film about Russian pianist Polina Osetinskaja.
  14. Telefilm "Perpetum Mobile" featuring Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaja.
  15. Telefilm "Russian Romance". Irina Bogacheva (mezzo-soprano).
  16. Irina Bogacheva(mezzo-soprano) in a video film “Italian Dreams”.
  17. Galina Vishnevskaja performing twelve characters  in “Satires” by Shostakovich after Sasha Chernij.
  18. “Songs and Dances of Death” by Mussorgsky , orchestration by Dmitri Shostakovich. Galina Vishnevskaja.
  19. Mstislav Rostropovich. “Mask, we know you!”
  20. “This Merry Rostropovich”.
  21. A concert by Mstislav Rostropovich at a concert hall “Octiabrsky”, St Petersburg. October, 1994
  22. Maya Plisetskaya. “Ball  Maya”.
  23. “Galina Vishnevskaja”.
  24. “Book of Complaints”. Mono opera by Igor Rogalev after a story by Anton Chekhov.
All the above video programs are on Betacam SP, PAL, with any dialogue in Russian.  

ATTACHMENT C

Ballets:

1.”The Fairy Kiss”. Stravinsky. 47’. 1992. 
2. “Sacred Spring”. Stravinsky. 40’. 1993. 
Olga – S. Prikhodko; Prince Igor – V. Litvinov; Prince Sviatoslav – V. Fedotov.
3. Ballet “War and Peace”. Prokofiev. 126’. 1997. 
4. “Cinderella” . 88’. 1991. Prokofiev.
5. “Cinderella” 80’. Prokofiev. Mariinsky Ballet in Kiev.
6. “Romeo and Julietta”. Prokofiev. 182’32’’. 1996. Anatoly Shekera, a choreographer
7. Ballet “Karmen”. Bizet. 54’30’’. 1992. Vadim Fedotov – choreographer; Igor Maljutov – Jose; Tatiana Andrejeva – Karmen.
8. “Karmen-Suite”. Shchedrin. 2000. 42’50’’ 
9. “Olga”. Composer Evgeni Stankovich. 1984. 91’. 
10.  Ballet “Easter Eve”. Composer Evgeni Stankovich.  1996. 76’ 30’’.  Choreographer – Victor Litvinov. Conductor – Alin Vlasenko. 
11. Ballet “Vikings” . Composer Evgeni Stankovich. 74’13’’. 2002. Two acts. Libretto by Yuri Stanishevsky.
12. “Romeo and Juliette”. Tchaikovsky. 45’. 2001. 
13. “Swan Lake”. 74’. 1991. Mariinsky Theater. Choreographers : Petipa and Ivanov. Soloists:
Mezentseva, Zaklinsky, Alijev. Evgeni Kolobov, a conductor.
14. “Hamlet”. Tchaikovsky. 21’35’’. 1990. Mariinsky theater.
15. “Nutcracker”. Tchaikovsky. 47’ 1993. 2 acts. Kiev Opera and Ballet.
16. “Peppi”. Karen Khachaturian after a fairy tale by Lindgren. 1992. 46’.  
17. “Chipollino”. Karen Khachaturian. 88’. 2 acts.
18. “Maugli”. Karen Khachaturian? 42’50’’. 1997. 
19. “Spartak”.  Armen Khachaturian. 105’. 2000.
20. “Bilosnezhka and seven gnoms”. 94’20’’. 1985. 
21. “Gross Goose”. 2 acts. 85’40’’. 1987.
22. “Silfida”. Levenshold. 72’30’’. 1982. Oleg Vinogradov – ballet master. Alin Vlasenko – conductor. Soloists: Tajakina, Kovtun, Shatilova, Ribij, Umanova.
23. “Egyptian Nights”. Asafiev. 38’40’’. 1989. Soloists: Ruzimatov, Asilmuratova, Dmitrijeva, Kulik and others. 
24. “Don Kihote”. 93’20’’. 
25. “Nine Tangos… and Bach”. Bach and Piazzolla. 34’ . 1987. 
26. “Bolero”. Ravel.18’30’’. 1982.
27. “Grand Pa in the White Night ”64’10’’. Mariinsky Ballet and “Ballet of the XX century” in Kiev. 1988. Moris Bejart. 
28. “Comedians” . 1985. 44’15’’. 
29. “Bravo Figaro!” Rossini. 46’30’’. 1987. 
30. “Giselle”. Adan. 103’22’’. 1998. Sergejev, choreographer. Tatiana Borovik – Giselle.
31. “Carnaval”. Schuman. 30’. Fokin, a choreographer. 1986.
31. “Chopeniana”. 30’. 1987. No titles
33. “Blossoms of Fern”. 37’53’’. Folk Opera-Ballet.
34. “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”. 76’05’’. 1990. Composer Kirejko after a novel of Kotsubinsky. Choreographer – V. Fedotova. 
35. “Song of a Forest”. Composer Mikhajlo Skorulsky. After Lesia Ukrainka. 1981. 81’10’’. Conductor – S. Turchak. Choreographers – Nataly Skorulsky and Wakhtang Vronsky.

Operas:
36. “La Dame de pique”. Tchaikovsky. 1996. Producer – Dmitro Gnatjuk, Choreographer – Anatoly Shekera. Soloists: Yurchenko, Kochur, Vostriakov. 160’?
37. “Passions after Mathew”. JS Bach. 2000. 154’. McMerrin, conductor. Soloists: Shtonda (Jesus),  Brigibez, Semonenko, Shwachka, Agejev.  Orchestra and Choir of the Kiev opera House.
38. “War and Peace”. Prokofiev. 2003. 180’ 
39. “The Tsar’s Bride”. Rimsky-Korsakov. 93’. 1999. The Kiev Opera House.
Soloists: Taras Shtonda, Hagorna, Bazir and others. The Kiev Opera House.
40. “Mozart and Salieri”. Rimsky-Korsakov. 1999. 51’40’’. The Kiev Opera House.
41. “Golden Hoop”. Composer Boris Liatoshinsky after a novel by Franko. 101’. 1985. The Lviv Opera Theatre.
42. “Taras Bulba”. Composer Lisenko after a novel of Gogol. 193’. The Kiev Opera House. 1999. Gamkalo, a conductor. Soloists: Pivovarov, Tuftina, Majboroda.
43. “Anna Yaroslavna, the Queen of France”. Composer Rudnitsky. 1996. 94’30’’.

Inquiries to Dana Zhukova at dz@zhukovalaw.com or by telephone at U.S. 1-850-936-0296.
Direct inquiries to CDK owner Evgeni Kostitsyn about the sale of CDK Music or about Evgeni’s work and performances are welcome.   Tele/Fax:  U.S. 1-561-347-0726; Email: ekostitsyn@yahoo.com.