Samson Tsoy – Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni & Reger (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:20 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Linn Records
In Samson Tsoy’s artfully designed solo debut recording, ideas reverberate across the centuries as Brahms’s elaborations of works by two past masters are juxtaposed with reworkings of his own music by two later composers. Lauded for his originality and ‘inexhaustible imagination’, the young pianist and celebrated duo partner of Pavel Kolesnikov is fascinated by the intimate and poignant role of an interpreter. Questioning the subtle difference between interpretation and creation, Tsoy weaves together this complex tapestry of versions, variants and variations. Forming the core of this gripping recital, Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a series of carefully crafted miniatures. Bach’s Chaconne, brilliantly arranged for the left hand by Brahms, is another instance of a genius humbly sourcing inspiration while interpreting the masterwork of his predecessor. The rest of the recital points to Brahms’s successors Busoni and Reger, who arranged six of Brahms’s Chorale Preludes, Op. 122, and Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121, respectively.
Tracklist:
01. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 10, Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni) (02:44)
02. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni) (02:56)
03. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Aria (00:53)
04. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. I (00:45)
05. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. II (00:42)
06. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. III (00:39)
07. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. IV (00:49)
08. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. V (01:08)
09. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. VI (01:14)
10. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. VII (00:33)
11. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. VIII (00:36)
12. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. IX (01:09)
13. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. X (00:32)
14. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XI (00:48)
15. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XII (00:59)
16. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XIII (01:30)
17. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XIV (00:37)
18. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XV (00:41)
19. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XVI (00:34)
20. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XVII (00:35)
21. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XVIII (01:08)
22. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XIX (01:05)
23. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XX (01:25)
24. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XXI (00:55)
25. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XXII (00:48)
26. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XXIII (00:31)
27. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XXIV (00:34)
28. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Var. XXV (00:42)
29. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Fuga (05:41)
30. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 4, Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni) (02:18)
31. Samson Tsoy – Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. for Piano Left Hand by Johannes Brahms) (14:15)
32. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 5, Schmücke dich, o Liebe Seele (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni) (02:04)
33. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 9, Herzlich tut mich verlangen (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni) (01:33)
34. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (Arr. for Piano by Max Reger): No. 1, Denn es gehet dem Menschen (05:11)
35. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (Arr. for Piano by Max Reger): No. 2, Ich wandte mich (04:42)
36. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (Arr. for Piano by Max Reger): No. 3, O Tod, wie bitter bist du (04:30)
37. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (Arr. for Piano by Max Reger): No. 4, Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete (05:02)
38. Samson Tsoy – Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 11, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (Arr. for Piano by Ferruccio Busoni) (03:09)