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piano-small.jpg 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...)
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Issue 002; May 2006

 

Blue Griffin Recording Newsletter Issue 002 May 2006

If you have problems reading this newsletter you can read it on-line here 

Dear Friends,

Thank you for the overwhelming support with our first newsletter last month. We have recieved great commments and a lot of helpful feedback. Just to remind you, we take spam very seriously. We are never going to share your e-mail address with anyone, and if you chose to unsubscribe from this newsletter, you may do so by following the link on the bottom of this e-mail. And please, forward this newsletter to a friend who might be interested in it!

Thank you, Sergei Kvitko

  • In this issue:
  • Alexandre Dossin's "A Touch of Brazil" is getting on the front page of CDBaby.com
  • Aaron Berofsky and Thomas Sauer open Blue Griffin's Ballroom for recording projects
  • Three new solo piano CDs: Ralph Votapek, Peter Miyamoto, Nicholas Roth
  • Featured Artist: Gerald J. Blanchard
  • More news...
  • Events coming up

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Alexandre Dossin's "A Touch of Brazil" is getting on the front page of CDBaby.com

Alexandre Dossin's "A Touch of Brazil" is selected to be featured on the front page of this phenomenally popular web store. Here's what they had to say: "We're REALLY picky about what goes on the front page. We get about 100 new albums a DAY coming in here now, (about 100,000 total), and yours is one of the best I've ever heard."

http://cdbaby.com/cd/dossin Here's CDBaby's review of this recording "The first CD completely dedicated to Edino Krieger's piano music, "A Touch of Brazil" includes two world premiere recordings of Krieger's "Estudos Intervalares" and the waltz "Nina." Delivering these works with exquisite sensitivity and elegant expressivity, Alexandre Dossin truly taps into the startling depths of color and breathtaking musical lines that make these works so innocently yet powerfully charming, holding their listeners hostage. Brazilian born, he is inseparable from the music in a way that allows nothing but the composer's most distilled inspiration to permeate and shine through. A phenomenal contribution to the contemporary collection." CDBaby http://cdbaby.com/ 

A Touch of Brazil. Piano Music of Edino Krieger

A Touch of Brazil. Piano Music of Edino Krieger

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Blue Griffin's Ballroom opens its doors for recodings

Athough still a work in progress The Ballroom is open for recording projects. We have already completed the recording stage of our next commercial release: "Mozart: Four Violin Sonatas" performed by Aaron Berofsky and Thomas Sauer.

Aaron Berofsky, first violinist of the Chester String Quartet and violin faculty member of the University of Michigan, has won international critical acclaim as both a soloist and a chamber musician. Thomas Sauer, praised for his "eloquent pianism" by The New York Times, is active as a recitalist, chamber musician and teacher. He is a member of the Mannes Trio, and collaborates frequently with such noted artists as Midori, the Juilliard String Quartet and the Brentano String Quartet. Read more... 

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Three New Solo Piano CDs

Sergei Kvitko is working on production of three new solo piano CDs:

Ralph Votapek is recording a CD of piano works by George Gershwin that will include oiriginal compositions as well as transcriptions by Earl Wild.

Peter Miyamoto is working on his second Blue Grififn CD. This time it is music of Franz Schubert.

Nicholas Roth's "Complete Lyric Pieces by Edward Grieg" will be his third Blue Griffin release. These CDs are expected to be released later this year.

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Featured Artist: Gerald J. Blanchard

Gerald Blanchard, lyric baritone is a native of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He is the Director of Vocal Music at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek (MI). He most recently served on the voice faculties of The University of Michigan at Flint, Michigan State University Community Music School, Adrian College and was the Director of youth choral activities and voice faculty at the Darlington Fine Arts Center and Women's Choir director and voice faculty member at the Suburban Music School in Pennsylvania. Read more... 

With a Song in My Heart
With a Song in My Heart
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Coming up

Suren Bagratuni in Austraila
June 1, 2006 (10:00 am)
Alexandre Dossin Performs in Brazil
June 8, 2006 (7:00 pm)
Alexandre Dossin Performs in Brazil
June 11, 2006 (7:00 pm)
Alexandre Dossin Performs in Brazil
June 17, 2006 (7:00 pm)
Suren Bagratuni Performs for Woodstock Cycle Series
June 30, 2006 (8:00 pm)
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