This recording invites a shift in listening: music once shaped by interaction and image is distilled into a solitary, reflective voice. Freed from the fluid dramaturgy of gameplay, these themes reveal their inner architecture—melodic contours, harmonic colour, and a quiet narrative depth that transcends their original context . The journey moves across imagined histories and landscapes, from meditative stillness to moments of urgency and propulsion, each piece carrying traces of exploration, tension, and wonder. At the centre of this transformation is a finely judged pianistic approach that favours clarity, restraint, and resonance over spectacle. Nicolas Horvath allows the music to breathe, shaping lines with a sense of space that evokes both intimacy and distance, as if recalling distant worlds through memory. The use of a historic instrument—rich with its own artistic lineage—adds a subtle patina to the sound, deepening the dialogue between past and present. In this setting, familiar themes emerge anew: not as accompaniment, but as self-sufficient expressions, poised between simplicity and expressive depth.