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This CD completes the CD series InchWorks for PianoInch by Claude Debussy played by the American pianist Nina Tichman. This fifth CD focusses on the second book of InchPréludesInch. Themes which moved Debussy in a human way are encircled and appear again and again, for example portraits. In the second volume of the InchPréludesInch the personalities portrayed are of a particularaly scurrilous type General Edward Lavine was a famous personality in the revue theaters around 1910; half general, half clown, he appeared in a grotesque uniform and represented the clown-like side of military life. Samuel Pickwick Esquire, Perpetual President, Member of the Pickwick Club is a character from Charles Dickens' novel InchThe Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubInch, which Debussy pays loving homage to. Festive occasions is another theme that recurs again and again in Debussy's work. The brilliant closing work of the InchPrèludesInch (InchFeux d'artificeInch) describes the fireworks on the French national holiday. With a loving dedication Debussy presented his little daughter Chouchou with his InchChildren's CornerInch. Each of the six miniatures he wrote as a present for her is a confession and a treasure. Album Tracks 1. Brouillards 2. Feuilles Mortes 3. La Puerta Del Vino 4. Les Fées Sont D'exquises Danseuses 5. Bruyères 6. General Lavine - Eccentric 7. La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair de Lune 8. Ondine 9. Hommage À S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C 10. Canope 11. Les Tierces Alternées 12. Feux D'artifice 13. Elégie (FÜR Klavier) 14. Le Petit Nègre (Cake-Walk) 15. Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum 16. Jimbo's Lullaby 17. Serenade for the Doll 18. The Snow Is Dancing 19. The Little Shepherd 20. Golliwog's Cake-Walk
