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.
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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...)
KRIEGER: Sonatina; Sonatas Alexandre Dossin, p—Blue Griffin 125—65 min
If you like the piano as a vehicle for melodious modern romanticism you should hear Krieger's beautiful sonatas and his captivating sonatina, especially in the first-class presentation they're accorded here. Alexandre Dossin plays with an astute balance of excitement, technical finesse, and fluid expressivity; The recording is close to ideal rich but clear, truthful, and immediate.
His traversal of the Bach suites would surely turn heads if it came within range of many ears; it is captivating, occasionally controversial, and always expressive.
THE ENTERTAINERS- Andrej Kurti (vn); Viktor Uzur (vc)- BLUE GRIFFIN BGR 109 (53:50)
Selfishly, I hope they do not return to Europe too quickly. It would be a shame to lose them so soon. All of the arrangements are by cellist Uzur. Rather than slavishly imitating the originals, Uzur has remained faithful to them while not neglecting his imagination and creativity. Generally speaking, the violin takes the place of the electric guitar and the vocals, while the cellist serves as the electric bass and drum set. I feared that the several selections from Pink Floyd's self-pitying masterpiece The Wall, for example, would be deadly dull sans vocals, but Kurti and Uzur have proven me wrong. Without changing very much, they have changed everything. The spirit of rock music is the spirit of rebellion and innovation, and no one can rightfully say that these two musicians have failed to do that on this CD.
Album thrives with instrumental covers By DAN JULIAN
Released on a Lansing-based record label, each song on “The Entertainers” is masterfully done and shows off the precision talent of... cello player Viktor Uzur and violinist Andrej Kurti.
Blue
Griffin Recording is an independent recording label and full service
recording company. We are located in Lansing, Michigan.
