Ksenia Kouzmenko - Flowers We Are... (2026)

Tracklist

01. Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers... (1b) (Games book I) (1973)
02. Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers... (1a) (I) (1973
03. Flowers We Are... (VII) (2000)
04. ....Apple Blossom... (X) (1947)
05. All in a Garden Green
06. Flowers We Are... (4b) (I) (1973)
07. ... A Single Flower in Memory of Simone Verchaly (IX) (2005)
08. The Budding Lilies (XIII) (1722)
09. The Reeds (XIII) (1722)
10. Grassblades in Memory of Klára Martyn (V) (1982)
11. Flowers We Are... ( in memoriam Árpád Illés) (V) (1980)
12. 6 Melodien von Franz Schubert: Trockne Blumen (1823/1844)
13. Heidenröslein, D.257 (1815/1953)
14. Flower, the Flower... (V)(1979)
15. A Flower for Gabriella Garzó (V) (1981)
16. Fantasy on ''The Last Rose of Summer'', Op. 15 (1827)
17. Why Are the Roses so Pale? (1837/2025)
18. Flower and Thistle to S.W. (V) (1989)
19. Flowers We Are... (from the Sayings of Péter Bornemisza) (V)
20. A Gilly Flower for Márta (VII) (1997)
21. The Silent Lotus Flower, Op. 13/6 (1843/2025)
22. Blumenstück Op. 19 (1839)
23. A Little Flower From Me (...lovely greetings to Grete Spinnrad) (V) (1987)
24. A Flower (X) (1984. XII. 24)
25. To a Violet, Op. 49/2 (1868/1906)
26. Song of the Roses Op. 39/4 (1896)
27. Thistle (III) (1979)
28. Bluebell (II) (1979)
29. Bluebell, Op. 85/5 (1916)
30. Bluebells, Op. 22/5 (1908)
31. A Sprig of Heather for Witold (in memoriam Witold Lutoslawski) (VII) (1994)
33. Lotus Land, Op. 47/1 (1905)
34. Flowers We Are... (3) (I) (1973)
35. Like the Flowers of the Field... (in memoriam Ligeti Ilona) (V) (1982)
36. Daisies, Op. 38/3 (1916/1924)
37. Lilacs, Op. 21/5 (1902/1914)
38. ...and once more: Flowers We Are... (I) (1973)

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 Kurta\u0301g, Vira\u0301g az ember... (Flowers We Are...).

The extreme intensity and almost aphoristic concentration of Kurta\u0301g'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 Kurta\u0301g, who will be a hundred years old in February 2026, and to his late wife Ma\u0301rta Kurta\u0301g. She had the privilege of working with both of them on several occasions, and the musical world of Gyorgy Kurta\u0301g became very dear to her.

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