Hyperion is thrilled to welcome to the label Andrey Gugnin, winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition. With a spectacular all-Shostakovich programme built around the two piano sonatas, this is simply electrifying pianism.
‘Enter Andrey Gugnin, of whose piano-playing it’s all but impossible to get enough … Gugnin moves between these vividly delineated miniatures so effortlessly that William Kapell’s 1945 recording ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Moscow-trained Andrey Gugnin’s name will be seared into your brain after hearing his Shostakovich. The Op 34 Preludes are electrifying: mercurial brilliance, stunning articulation and an astonishing ...
BBC Music Magazine‘Moscow-trained Andrey Gugnin’s name will be seared into your brain after hearing his Shostakovich. The Op 34 Preludes are electrifying: mercurial brilliance, stunning articulation and an astonishing ...