Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky – Russian Ballet Suites (2CD)
- Artist:
- Andrey Gugnin
Concert pianist Andrey Gugnin is rapidly gaining international acclaim as a passionately virtuosic performer, who possesses an “extraordinarily versatile and agile technique, which serves an often inspired musical imagination” (Gramophone). Since winning the prestigious Sydney International Piano Competition in 2016, Gugnin has gone from strength to strength in concerts and recordings which exhibit his impassioned interpretations.
In 2023 he won the prestigious 12th International German Piano Award and in 2024, first place at the Classic Piano International Competition in Dubai. In 2020, the BBC Music Magazine Awards named Gugnin the winner of the Instrumental Award for his recording Shostakovich: 24 Preludes - Piano Sonatas 1 & 2 (Hyperion). His Grieg recording for the label has been nominated for a Gramophone Award. For his latest album, he presents four iconic ballet suites by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, in transcriptions for solo piano by Pletnev, Agosti and Stravinsky. ‘My aim with this recording is to assert that piano transcriptions remain compelling not as substitutes for the orchestral originals, but as worthy musical works in their own right’ says Andrey Gugnin.