Late RomanticConcerto

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Concerto. 699 recordings in this catalogue, from 1940 to 2024. Scored for Piano.

Rank #22 Iconic Masterpiece699 recordings

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London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 57 rec

Philadelphia Orchestra

Orchestra · 50 rec

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra · 47 rec

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 43 rec

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Conductor · 40 rec

Sviatoslav Richter

Soloist · 37 rec

Kurt Sanderling

Conductor · 30 rec

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Soloist · 30 rec

Recordings (699)

Conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy40 Kurt Sanderling30 Leopold Stokowski27 Charles Dutoit15 Jean-Pierre Wallez14 Claudio Abbado13 Leonard Slatkin13 Michael Tilson Thomas13 André Previn12 Kirill Kondrashin12 Edo de Waart11 Stanisław Wisłocki11

Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra57 Philadelphia Orchestra50 Philharmonia Orchestra47 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra43 Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra26 Berlin Philharmonic21 State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation14 Chicago Symphony Orchestra13 BBC Symphony Orchestra12 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra12 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic11 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra11

Label

Decca Classics60 Sony Classical47 EMI Classics43 Deutsche Grammophon38 Decca Records34 RCA Red Seal33 Warner Classics32 Brilliant Classics25 Naxos20 RCA Victor20 Мелодия18 Philips17

Decade

1940s10 1950s18 1960s11 1970s24 1980s66 1990s155 2000s130 2010s124 2020s49

Credited instrument

Piano491 Clarinet2 Flute1 Saxophone1

Performers	Year	Label
Carl Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · view	2003	Reference Gold	-
Carl Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · view	2003	Reference Gold	11:23
Maxim Shostakovich, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexei Sultanov · view	2003	Warner Music	6:37
Jean-Pierre Wallez, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra · view	2003	International Masters Publishers	11:30
Klaus-Peter Hahn, Yuri Rozum · view	2003	Madacy Special Products	11:33
Siegfried Landau, Eugene List · view	2002	Vox	-
Siegfried Landau, Eugene List · view	2002	Vox	-
Siegfried Landau, Eugene List · view	2002	Vox	-
André Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra · view	2002	ABC Classics	11:08
Enrique Bátiz, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, Jorge Luis Prats · view	2002	Metro Doubles	10:55
Joel Spiegelman · view	2002	The Stenbeck Foundation for Art	9:42
Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Jean-Philippe Collard · view	2002	EMI Classics	11:04
Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Jean-Philippe Collard · view	2002	EMI Classics	13:10
Daniel Bonade, Philadelphia Orchestra · view	2002	Boston Records Classical	0:17
Daniel Bonade, Philadelphia Orchestra · view	2002	Boston Records Classical	2:18
Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Jean-Philippe Collard · view	2002	EMI Classics	12:02
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra, Jean-Yves Thibaudet · view	2001	Decca Classics	4:03
Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	2001	RCA Red Seal	11:20
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Kun-Woo Paik · view	2001	RCA Red Seal	13:02
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	2001	RCA Victor	11:35