Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1 - 4 CD

A student at New England Conservatory with a BA from Lowell College of Music, Mr. Caliendo was the recipient of the Henry Mancini Award for Film Composition and was invited to study at UCLA where he earned his Master of Arts Degree with the highest honors in Theory/Composition. Other awards include the Artin Arslanian Scholarship for Humanities, a decorative scroll from the City of Los Angeles for outstanding gifts as a composer, guitarist, pianist and teacher, and the Peabody Grant for Scholarship. In 1992 Christopher became the only American composer in Vatican history to be twice commissioned by the Pope for the Vatican's, Encounters of Sacred Music Festival, held in Rome, Italy. His sacred two hour musical drama based on four the Catholic Church's most enigmatic pioneers in Western spirituality, "The Mystic Saints", was the direct result of those commissions. His film composition resume includes prime time TV for the CBS network's legendary series "Dallas" and for the award winning series "Paradise", where he received an Emmy nomination for his work with composer Jerrold Immel. He has worked as a silent film feature composer for both SONY and Turner Classic Movies and most recently became the first composer in motion picture history to re-score a major motion picture - the restoration and re-release of Sam Peckinpah's epic Western, "Major Dundee". The New York Times calls it, "a vastly improved musical score." Recently Intrada records and SONY Pictures partnered on mastering the CD sound track released under the 'signature' series of great Hollywood film scores, 2006. The DVD release has garnered world-wide praise, film critic Leonard Maltin calls the score: '!..a tremendous asset and for Sam Peckinpah buffs - a great victory.

' Christopher recently finished recording a movie sound track with the multi Grammy Award winning artists, 'The Manhattan Transfer' for a film directed by Larry Blamier.