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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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Vladimir Ashkenazy

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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
Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, İdil Biret · view	2000	Naxos	12:02
Arvo Volmer, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra · view	2000	Consonant Works	13:23
Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, İdil Biret · view	2000	Naxos	11:25
Hugo Rignold, Philharmonia Orchestra, Benno Moiseiwitsch · view	1999	Disky Classics	-
Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · view	1999	Quetzal Records	11:23
Jean-Pierre Wallez, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1999	Castle Pulse	3:04
William Steinberg, William Kapell · view	1999	Naxos Historical	9:30
Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra · view	1999	Sony Music	12:29
Jean-Pierre Wallez, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1999	Castle Pulse	5:23
William Steinberg, William Kapell · view	1999	Naxos Historical	10:56
William Steinberg, William Kapell · view	1999	Naxos Historical	10:47
Vladimir Golschmann, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein · view	1999	RCA Victor Red Seal	10:08
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Kun-Woo Paik · view	1998	RCA Victor Red Seal	12:39
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Kun-Woo Paik · view	1998	RCA Victor Red Seal	13:00
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Kun-Woo Paik · view	1998	RCA Victor Red Seal	12:22
Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernd Glemser · view	1998	Naxos	11:05
Redwood Symphony · view	1998	Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc.	10:53
Redwood Symphony · view	1998	Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc.	11:01
Tadaaki Otaka, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, John Lill · view	1998	Nimbus Records	5:09
Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin · view	1998	Classic FM	11:23