{"product_id":"34571284712","title":"Andrei Gugnin - Russian Ballet Suites -Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky - Import 2 CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrei Gugnin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn album by the Russian \"poet of the keyboard\" who has made valuable independent piano compositions from his masterpiece ballet arrangements.\n\n\n\nPianist Andrei Gugnin, born in Moscow in 1987, performs solo piano arrangements of Tchaikovsky's and Stravinsky's most famous ballet suites on this 2-CD album. Tchaikovsky's \"The Nutcracker\" and \"The Sleeping Beauty\" are arranged for piano by Mikhail Pletnyov, Stravinsky's \"The Firebird\" by Guido Agosti, and \"Petrushka\" by Stravinsky himself. Gugnin has won numerous awards, including first prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2016 and the BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Prize in 2020, and is noted for his outstanding performance skills and unique musical perspective. Of this album, he says, \"My aim with this recording is to make a statement that the piano arrangements do not exist as substitutes for the orchestral originals, but are fully worthy and independent works in their own right.\"\n\n\n\nStunning virtuosity.\"-The Sunday Times\n\nAndrei Gugnin is truly a poet on the keyboard.\n\nAndrei Gugnin is a true poet of the keyboard. His piano playing is always a pleasure to listen to.\n\nA formidable new talent... Andrei Gugnin's name will be burned into your brain... utterly brilliant.\n\nUniversal Music\/IMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51813335892257,"sku":"34571284712","price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/34571284712.jpg?v=1757947174","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-ca\/products\/34571284712","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}