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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...)
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...)patch2-small.jpg

Since 2006-07 season Blue Griffin and First Presbyterian Church of Lansing sponsor the "FINE ARTS SERIES" . ( Read more about the series ...)

 

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Votapek plays Gershwin

Votapek plays Gershwin

Ralph Votapek, piano
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Reviews: "In everything he plays on this disc, there is also a depth of color and shading that is subtle but adds so much... That he is so comfortable with Gershwin's music and seems to truly enjoy it makes this album a complete pleasure to hear."  All Music Guide Read Full Review

"..captivating new disk... charismatic performances... pianist is ideally suited for the material... It?s a pleasure to hear these pieces shaped so lucidly, with judicious use of the pedal and keen attention to contrapuntal lines to set textures in crystalline perspective." Gramophone, April 2007     Read Full Review

     
       
    Track listing  
  01  Promenade  3:09
    -  
    From the Songbook  
  02 My One and Only  1:33
    Nobody But You  
  03 Who Cares?   2:01
    Fascinating Rhythm  
  04 I?ll Build a Stairway to Paradise 2:29
    Do It Again  
    Swanee  
  05 That Certain Feeling  3:55
    S? Wonderful  
    The Man I Love  
  06 Clap Yo? Hands 2:27
    Do Do Do  
    Strike Up The Band  
  07 Somebody Loves Me 1:55
    Sweet and Low Down  
  08 Liza 3:22
    I Got Rhythm  
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    Preludes  
  09 Allegro ben ritmato e deciso 1:30
  10 Andante con moto and poco rubato 3:31
  11 Agitato 1:16
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    Grand Fantasy on Themes from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin/Wild) 27:08
  12 Jasbo Brown Blues 1:03
  13 Interlude 1:22
  14 Summertime 2:20
  15 I Can?t Sit Down 1:50
  16 My Man?s Gone Now 3:26
  17 I Got Plenty ?O Nuttin 2:41
  18 The Buzzard Song 2:31
  19 It Ain?t Necessarily So 3:02
  20 Interlude 0:31
  21 Bess You Is My Woman Now/ I Loves You Porgy 5:02
  22 There?s a Boat Dat?s Leavin? Soon for New York 2:29
  23 I?m On My Way  1:22
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    From Seven Virtuoso Etudes (Gershwin/Wild)  
  24  Lady Be Good 3:29
  25 Embraceable You 2:58