Dorian Recordings was a record label based in

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, most noted for its extensive series of early music recordings. Dorian made many of its recordings at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, and supported the local all-classical radio station

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with recordings of local concerts for broadcast. The label also recorded and published many

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compositions, including nine discs with the

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, and a complete series of the

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string quartets. Dorian made the first recordings of violinist Rachel Barton, the first recording entirely of instrumental chamber works by

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, and several CDs with the

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pianists Ivan Moravec and Antonin Kubalek. The label also recorded the

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with lutenist

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, collaborations between McFarlane and Julianne Baird, and a series of folk music recordings. Dorian Recordings' catalog was acquired by Sono Luminus, a company launched in 2005 and based in

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