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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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With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

Gerald J. Blanchard, lyric baritone

$14.99
   

Gerald J. Blanchard's Bio

Dominic Dousa's Bio

Sergei Kvitko's Bio

Liner Notes

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Track Listing (Click for a 1-minute preview)
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01 EV'RY TIME I FEEL DE SPIRIT H. T. Burleigh 03:08
02 WITNESS FOR MA LORD Traditional/Blanchard02:30
03 THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS Margaret Bonds03:54
04 GIVE ME JESUS Arr. by Moses Hogan 05:16
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SIX SONGS ON THE POETRY OF LANGSTON HUGHES Dominic Dousa
05 The Dream Keeper 02:07
06 Mother to Son 03:44
07 Beggar Boy02:07
08 As I Grew Older 06:38
09 Ma Lord 01:53
10 Judgment Day 02:56
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11 DEATH OF AN OLD SEAMAN Cecil Cohen 02:49
12 GENIUS CHILD Robert Owens  (From the Song Cycle "Mortal Storm")02:07
13 PRAYER H. Leslie Adams (From the Song Cycle "Night Songs") 03:05
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WITH A SONG IN MY HEART Dominic Dousa (Text by Gerald J. Blanchard)
14 A Letter From God 02:04
15 Music in the Air 02:30
16 Youngblood 02:41
Rene's Lament
17 I Funeral 07:59
18 II Final Moments 04:18
19 III Cancer 04:21
20 Music in the Air (reprise) 01:59
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21 WALK TOGETHER CHILDREN Arr. by Moses Hogan 03:14

Gerald J. Blanchard
lyric baritone

Sergei Kvitko
piano

Dominic Dousa
piano

Produced and engineered
by Sergei Kvitko

Recorded in January 2003 at Molly Grove Chapel
First Presbyterian Church
Lansing, Michigan