Welcome to Blue Griffin Recording

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. BGR uses the highest quality equipment to achieve the superb sound that has been praised by Fanfare Magazine ("excellent results... the sound is sumptuous and rich"), and American Record Guide ("The recording is close to ideal, rich but clear, truthful, and immediate") among others. More >>>>

The Entertainers

I work with college students, and I am a reliable judge of when someone is honest with me, and of when someone is giving me a load of B.S. There are two reasons for classical musicians to record an album like this one, heavily laden as it is with arrangements of rock standards. The first one is-not to put too fine a point on it-to sell out. ("Suckers! Ifthey go for this, they'll swallow anything.") The second and much rarer reason is as sincere as the first reason is dishonest: perhaps the musicians actually love this music, and want to interpret it in their own way as an expression of that love. I have no doubt that Andrej Kurti and Viktor Uzur recorded this CD for the second reason. Arranging the music of Pink Floyd, Queen, Led Zeppelin, and others for violin and cello (that's all!) sounds like someone's idea of a sophomoric jokefunny once or twice, but not worth repetition. By treating the music seriously, and as no less worthy of respect than classical music, Kurti and Uzur leave us with smiles that, while perhaps less broad, are undoubtedly longer lasting. More >>>>