Andrey Gugnin presents four iconic ballet suites by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, transcribed for solo piano: The Nutcracker, Petrushka, Sleeping Beauty and The Firebird. Winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition and the 2020 BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award, Gugnin makes a case for these works as more than mere reductions: ‘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.’