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Russian Ballet Suites

Andrey Gugnin (piano)

Russian Ballet Suites

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This album sparkles like a glass bauble amidst the fairy lights...Not only have the transcriptions themselves been brilliantly imagined by Mikhail Pletnev, Guido Agosti and Stravinsky himself,...

BBC Music Magazine, February 20265 out of 5 stars

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Russian Ballet Suites

Andrey Gugnin (piano)

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Awards:

This album sparkles like a glass bauble amidst the fairy lights...Not only have the transcriptions themselves been brilliantly imagined by Mikhail Pletnev, Guido Agosti and Stravinsky himself,...

BBC Music Magazine, February 20265 out of 5 stars

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Whether offering new and unexpected insights into the original works, or—given the pianistic pedigree associated with the genre—the opportunity to astonish the listener with displays of pyrotechnics, piano transcriptions work on various levels. Benefiting from the ‘stunningly precise fingerwork’ (BBC Record Review) of Andrey Gugnin, the ballet suites recorded here amply deliver on all counts.

  • Release date: 26th Sep 2025
  • Label: Hyperion
  • Catalogue number: CDA684712
  • Length: 83 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Suite Arr. Pletnev for Piano)
Work length19:57
I. March
Track length2:00
II. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Track length2:21
III. Tarantella
Track length1:25
IV. Intermezzo
Track length4:53
V. Trépak (Russian Dance)
Track length1:10
VI. The Tea (Chinese Dance)
Track length1:43
VII. Andante maestoso
Track length6:25
Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrushka, K12
Work length17:30
I. Danse russe
Track length2:43
II. Chez Pétrouchka
Track length5:12
III. La semaine grasse
Track length9:35
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Concert Suite (Arr. Pletnev for Piano)
Work length32:45
I. Prologue
Track length7:13
II. Dance of the Pages
Track length2:11
III. Vision
Track length1:25
IV. Andante
Track length5:59
V. The Silver Fairy
Track length1:19
VI. The White Cat and Puss-in-Boots
Track length2:54
VII. Gavotte
Track length0:59
VIII. The Singing Canary
Track length0:34
IX. Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
Track length1:21
X. Adagio
Track length4:54
XI. Finale
Track length3:56
Stravinsky: The Firebird, K10, Suite (Arr. Agosti for Piano)
Work length13:02
I. Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
Track length5:53
II. Berceuse
Track length3:42
III. Finale
Track length3:27

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February 2026

This album sparkles like a glass bauble amidst the fairy lights...Not only have the transcriptions themselves been brilliantly imagined by Mikhail Pletnev, Guido Agosti and Stravinsky himself, but Andrey Gugnin is an ideal interpreter, a performer of agility and perceptiveness.
5 out of 5 stars
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