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Each of these brief works is painted in subtle shades, hazy harmonies, and daring textures, with inspiration ranging from paintings and travel to Dickens and Peter Pan.\r\n\r\nThibaudet has lived with Debussy\u2019s Preludes for his \u201centire life,\u201d learning some as a child and recording the full set more than 30 years ago. 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