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Release Date: 20 February 2026
Label: Cobra
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8713897905311
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: Flowers we are...
Description
Flowers We Are is a very poetic new album by pianist Ksenia Kouzmenko. It features 38 "flower pieces" by 15 composers from the Renaissance to today, in which the flower symbolises not only eternal beauty but also vulnerability, the fleeting of time, and the transience of life. The album takes it's name from a number of short pieces by the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag, "Virag az ember..." ("Flowers We Are...").
The extreme intensity and almost aphoristic concentration of Kurtag's compositions creates a very special listening experience, which puts other music in a bright new light. A natural tension arc connects the whole album from beginning to end. For almost two years Ksenia Kouzmenko has been busy carefully selecting and bringing together these pieces, ever again changing the order, or adding new ones. She was not only concerned with different styles or periods, but also with composers who wrote beautiful music but have become forgotten over time.
Ksenia Kouzmenko would like to dedicate this album to the magnificent composer Gyorgy Kurtag, who will be a hundred years old in February 2026, and to his late wife Marta Kurtag. She had the privilege of working with both of them on several occasions, and the musical world of Gyorgy Kurtag became very dear to her.
Tracklisting
Shunske Sato & Shuann Chai
Folke Nauta, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Prisma String Trio
Shuann Chai
Pauline Oostenrijk & Enno Voorhorst
Folke Nauta, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Prisma String Trio
The Hague String Trio
Enno Voorhorst
Ksenia Kouzmenko
Ksenia Kouzmenko
Ksenia Kouzmenko
