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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12/26/2025
From the Sono Luminus studio to your listening room:
Our recordings are crafted for depth, detail, and discovery—and now is the perfect moment to explore them.
Starting today, Pro Studio Masters is offering 50% off select Sono Luminus albums, through January 11.
This is an invitation to immerse yourself in surround sound, intimate chamber performances, and bold contemporary works—captured with uncompromising fidelity and care.
As the season comes to a close, we extend our warmest wishes for a joyful and peaceful Christmas. Thank you for your continued support and for sharing in our commitment to artistic excellence and meaningful listening.
May your holiday be filled with reflection, beauty, and music that resonates well beyond the season.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
- Sono Luminus
12/23/2025
Your eyelids narrow to slits and you tuck head to chin, bracing against icy gusts as you make for a battery of persuasive, brightly-lit store windows.
It's a few days before Christmas–look at you, all on top of the situation, with a carefully considered list of gifts to buy buried in your parka. No eleventh-hour frenzy this year. Tiny platoons of chattering children curl the corners of your frosty lips skyward as the soothing aromas of mulling spices and candied confections drift past. An infinity of sparkling lights showering the trees stirs something inside you.
Something lovely, and pure, and radiant. An inviting cloud of warm air envelops you as you thrust the first door open. Your ears prick up as you begin to Imagine Christmas…
The Modern Mandolin Quartet presents a delightful alternative to a Christmas classic with the Dorian Sono Luminus release of Nutcracker Suite, an enchanting collection of music reenvisioned with instruments from the mandolin family: two mandolins, a mandola and mandocello.
🕎 Turn up the glow this Hanukkah 🎶
Press play on our Hanukkah: Sounds of the Season, a Spotify playlist filled with warmth, tradition, and joyful sparkle.
From classic favorites to modern takes, these songs are perfect for candle lighting, cozy gatherings, and those quiet, meaningful moments in between. Eight nights, endless vibes. 💙
✨ Let the music shine as bright as the menorah.
12/13/2025
"While some Icelandic orchestral music enacts a gradual transformation on a vaporous orchestra, akin to the shifting shape and colour of a North Atlantic cloud, Bjarnason’s formative orchestral works often cleave to a solid, defined musical object which might be distorted or obscured before emerging again intact..." - Andrew Mellor
Artists: Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason, with Vivi Vassileva & Frank Dupree
Composer: Daníel Bjarnason
12/05/2025
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Daniel Shores worked on the audio for this one. Way to go, Skylark and everyone involved on such an inspiring and beautiful holiday release! 🎄
✨ The magic of Christmas begins today!Get a peek behind the scenes of Skylark's newest album release, A Christmas Carol, featuring Tony Award–winning superst...
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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.
