Studio and record label focused on early, core and neo-classical music. Ultra-high fidelity and surround recordings. 27 GRAMMY nominations, 2 wins.
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09/10/2025
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09/05/2025
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I started writing Love and Levity, my first string quartet, immediately after finishing the piano quartet. The Renaissance Quartet wasn’t even really a thing yet, but I knew who I was writing it for. I consider the piece to be, at its core, Beethovenian: in its thematic and structural tautness, but even more so in its motion towards excess—staying on an idea for too long, playing something too fast or too slow, too quiet or too loud. The title came from this anachronistic romanticism, this desire to talk about big feelings, but always with a bit of humor, always a bit weird. - Daniel Hass
Translations, made up of the duo Organist Arngerõur María Árnadóttir and Violinist Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, received a lovely review from Cultural Attache for their album HIK. Here's an excerpt.
"And now for something completely different and good. Organist Arngerõur María Árnadóttir and violinist Una Sveinbjarnardóttir might make for an unusual pairing given the instruments they play. But it is precisely that uniqueness that makes HIK so interesting." - Cultural Attache
Rachel Yonan’s album Kiss on Wood and Daniel Shores recording were featured in Stereophile Magazine’s August 2025 Classical Record Reviews.
Here's an excerpt: "In an intriguing, surprisingly short program, violist Rachel Yonan and pianist Kwan Yi mix three intentionally sparse "modern" pieces by Arvo Pärt and Sir James MacMillan with Robert Schumann's four far more effusive Märchenbilder (fairy tales). The contrasts are many, and the rewards are considerable..."
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Located in the nearly 110 year old former Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel in rural Boyce, VA, the Sono Luminus studios are a world-class recording facility with a special focus on classical and acoustic music, and the home of the Sono Luminus record label. Studio A boasts a 25 foot vaulted wood ceiling over a 35’x65′ original heart pine floor, providing a beautiful natural acoustic. Sono Luminus specializes in the highest caliber of audio quality with the capability of recording 24 simultaneous channels of audio with sample rates up to DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) 352kHz/24bit or DSD (Direct Stream Digital).
As the first American record label to release audio projects on Pure Audio Blu-Ray technology, Sono Luminus specializes in the highest caliber of audio quality. Not only does this format guarantee the utmost in sonic experience available, it also gives Sono Luminus the ability to routinely release recordings on Blu-ray discs containing 9.1 Auro-3D 96kHz/24 bit surround sound, 5.1 DTS HD MA 192kHz/24bit surround sound, and 2.0 LPCM 192kHz/24bit stereo files.
Among the world’s finest audio facilities, Sono Luminus’ recording method focuses on the concept of true performance fidelity; the seamless marriage of stellar sound quality with exceptionally high performances. Over the past seven years, this approach of getting the sound “right” at the beginning of the process via mic placement and performer set-up has enabled Sono Luminus to garner two GRAMMY awards and eighteen GRAMMY nominations.
Sono Luminus has had the pleasure of recording a large collection of artists for it’s own label, as well as providing recording and production services for albums released on various other labels, including Steinway & Sons, RCA Red Seal, Bridge, Hännsler, Kennedy Center, Koch, Naxos, and Sonabilis.
