Dorian Recordings

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Dorian Recordings
Founded1988 (1988) [1]
FounderCraig Dory
Defunct2011 (2011) [2]
StatusDefunct
GenreClassical music
Country of originUnited States
Location Troy, New York

Dorian Recordings was a record label based in Troy, New York, 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 WMHT-FM with recordings of local concerts for broadcast. The label also recorded and published many Latin American compositions, including nine discs with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and a complete series of the Heitor Villa-Lobos string quartets. Dorian made the first recordings of violinist Rachel Barton, the first recording entirely of instrumental chamber works by Mohammed Fairouz, and several CDs with the Czech pianists Ivan Moravec and Antonin Kubalek. The label also recorded the Baltimore Consort with lutenist Ronn McFarlane, 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 Winchester, Virginia. [3]

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String Quartet No. 1 (Villa-Lobos) Composition for string quartet by Heitor Villa-Lobos

String Quartet No. 1 is the first of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, originally written in Nova Friburgo in 1915 and extensively revised in 1946. A performance lasts approximately eighteen minutes.

String Quartet No. 2 (Villa-Lobos) Composition for string quartet by Heitor Villa-Lobos

String Quartet No. 2 is the one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1915. A performance lasts approximately twenty minutes.

String Quartet No. 4 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 4 is the fourth of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1917 and revised in 1949. A performance lasts approximately 23 minutes.

String Quartet No. 5 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 5 is the fifth of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1931. A performance lasts approximately 17 minutes.

String Quartet No. 6 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 6 ("Brazilian") is one of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1938. A performance lasts approximately 24 minutes.

String Quartet No. 7 (Villa-Lobos) composition of Heitor Villa-Lobos

String Quartet No. 7 is the seventh of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1942. With a performance lasting approximately 37 minutes, it is the longest of Villa-Lobos's string quartets

String Quartet No. 8 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 8 is one of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1944. A performance lasts approximately twenty-five minutes.

String Quartet No. 9 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 9 is part of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1945. A performance lasts approximately 25 minutes.

String Quartet No. 10 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 10 is one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1946. A performance lasts approximately 23 minutes.

String Quartet No. 11 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 11 is the one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1947. A performance lasts approximately 27 minutes.

String Quartet No. 13 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 13 is one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1951. A performance of it lasts approximately twenty minutes.

String Quartet No. 14 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 14 is the one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1953. A performance lasts approximately seventeen minutes.

String Quartet No. 15 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 15 is one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1954. A performance lasts approximately nineteen minutes.

String Quartet No. 16 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 16 is the penultimate of seventeen quartets by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1955. A performance lasts approximately twenty minutes.

String Quartet No. 17 (Villa-Lobos)

String Quartet No. 17 is the last of seventeen quartets by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1957. A performance lasts approximately twenty minutes.

References

  1. Mattison, Ben (2005-01-20). "Dorian Recordings Files for Bankruptcy". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  2. sono-luminus.blogspot.com Archived 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine , Sono Luminus Name Change Blog Post.
  3. "about us" . Retrieved 27 December 2011.