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However we define it, home is something that lives in us as much as we live in it. In its most recent recording, the Austin-based Mir贸 Quartet showcases beguiling American works that explore the meaning of home.

Every building has a unique personality. The Overlook Hotel, the demonically possessed setting of Stephen King's novel The Shining, is now also the title character of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's recording of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec鈥檚 musical works inspired by architectural forms.

A new recording, American Counterpoints, sets two undercelebrated African American composers in counterpoint and brings to light a long-obscured musical masterpiece in its first commercial recording.

The third volume of the Catalyst Quartet鈥檚 groundbreaking Uncovered recording series showcases shimmering performances of string quartets by composers Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still and Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker.

The austere beauty of the Arctic and the rapid ecological changes in the region are the inspiration for Norwegian violinist Eldbj酶rg Hemsing鈥檚 most recent recording, Arctic (Sony Classical). Featuring music inspired by the Arctic鈥檚 natural wonders, the recording is Hemsing鈥檚 love letter to the north and her plea to spare this region from the devastation that some portend for it.

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Maria Callas (1923-1977) recorded twenty-six complete operas and a dozen sets of aria recitals between hear first full cry 78s in 1949, and her final鈥�