Blue
Griffin Recording is an independent recording label and full service
recording company. We are located in Lansing, Michigan.
Recording engineer and producer Sergei Kvitko
has completed degrees in music from Russia and the US, including
Doctorate in Piano Performance from Michigan State University. (Read more...) BGR
uses the highest quality equipment to achieve the superb sound that has
been praised by Gramophone ("vividly detailed, vibrant sonics"), and American Record Guide ("The recording is
close to ideal, rich but clear, truthful, and immediate") among others.
(Read more reviews...)
Blue
Griffin is a unique label as it follows creation of the CD from
beginning to end, from setting up the microphones, recording, editing
and mastering, graphic design and printing, to distribution,
advertising and sales. (View full Catalog...)
This whole disc is well-played, the music and order is well chosen
and the sound quality is top notch! I recommend this, especially to
saxophone fans, to anyone wanting to try something that lies very
comfortably on the line between jazz and “modern” chamber music!
"Singer Patricia Green possesses a gleaming, vibrant voice which is
radiant
in every register and at every dynamic level... consummate skill and poise... gorgeous vocalism...
This is how one properly introduces new musical works to the world: with
exquisite
performances and careful attention to the details."
Journal of Singing, May/June 2010 (from National Association of Teachers of Singing)
Celebrating the bicentennial of Frédéric Chopin’s birth, the Blue Griffin label releases a CD of the composer’s 24 Etudes Op. 10 and Op. 25, featuring the acclaimed Ukrainian-born pianist Irena Portenko. For Portenko, who debuted as soloist with the Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra at age eight, the recording is a logical segue to her highly-successful performance of the same program at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, where the pianist received a standing ovation, followed by critical acclaim, prompting Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times to praise the performance as “admirably honest and clear-textured, ” and state that “Portenko pulled of a feat that puts her in a select company.”
Here the accessible music of one of this country’s best composers for
musical theater and the excellent performance of the songs confirm
Blomster’s assessment. Jesse Blumberg and the Miami Quartet, who gave
the premiere at Vail, take you on an intense journey of remembrance with
tender performances.
A unique look into the soul of the poet and the composer, this recording presents the listener with an opportunity to hear Ricky Ian Gordon sing his own songs, while accompanying himself on the piano. Quite a contrast with the grandiose scale of his famed operas, such as The Grapes of Wrath, this is an intimate and very personal offering from one of the most beloved American composers of opera, musical theater and song.
An exquisite taste in poetry, complex harmonies, sophisticated yet very appealing vocal lines, everything that made Gordon’s songs such an enormous success among singers of all generations and walks of life – from aspiring high school students to superstars such as Renee Fleming and Dawn Upshaw – is delivered with poise, simplicity and heartfelt warmth by the author himself.
A Horse With Wings. Ricky Ian Gordon Sings Ricky Ian Gordon
Blue
Griffin Recording is an independent recording label and full service
recording company. We are located in Lansing, Michigan.
