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...)
A new CD from pianist, recording engineer and producer Sergei Kvitko
contains Schumann's Kinderszenen, Debussy's Children's Corner and
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
...thoroughly enjoyable disc with imaginative musical ideas and impressive pianism. - Ralph Votapek. ...beautiful recording; thoughtful and powerful playing, infused with poetry and wisdom! - Arthur Green
For more information and streaming visit www.sergeikvitko.com
This debut recording of pianist Quentin Kim includes works
by Weber, Brahms, Saint-Sans, Liszt as well as Kim’s own compositions. Quentin
Kim boasts degrees from Yale and Juilliard as well as prizes at national and
international competitions.“Listening
to him is an experience of pure pleasure” - Jerome Lowenthal; “elegant
virtuosity and unfailingly polished playing” - Boris Berman; “extremely beautiful from all points of view” - Claude Frank.
These kinds may be young but they get around, with premiere performances of works by John Burge and Ellen Taafe Zwillich to their credit, as well as a gig on the Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience that won a Grammy Award in 2006. (Slatkin was on the podium.) Here they sound admirably accomplished.
.. this is a children’s choir that knows its business and deserves yours. (Read Full Review)
Spectral Trio has a full-bodied and unified sound that is comparable
only to the most seasoned musical collaborators, and their sense of the
style and balance is ideal.
In every piece, one hears a refinement of style in each of the
instruments, and each of their styles blends with the others. No one
musician plays his or her line above the others where it is merely
subordinate, and no one line ever seems to be covered up or lost in the
texture. (Read Full Review)
Temporal Fantasies of Britten and Hindemith
Hauser plays with a nice sound. His middle register has a particularly dark overtone, which lends itself well to the color of these pieces. Hauser’s playing... is meditative and thoughtful. ... his performance is convincing...
This is a fine recording. It will surely appeal to oboists and Britten and Hindemith fans. (Read Full Review)
We are very proud to announce our new release: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano, performed by cellist Suren Bagratuni and pianist Ralph Votapek.
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano (2 CDs)