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

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Philharmonia Orchestra

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 43 rec

Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Sviatoslav Richter

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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
John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1994	EMI	11:33
Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Lilya Zilberstein · view	1994	Deutsche Grammophon	11:43
Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Lilya Zilberstein · view	1994	Deutsche Grammophon	11:30
Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Lilya Zilberstein · view	1994	Deutsche Grammophon	11:05
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra, Jean-Yves Thibaudet · view	1994	London Records	11:28
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra · view	1994	Excelsior	11:28
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yefim Bronfman · view	1994	Sony Classical	11:43
Jiří Waldhans, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1993	De Agostini	10:34
Jiří Waldhans, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1993	De Agostini	11:46
Jiří Waldhans, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1993	De Agostini	10:22
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	Sony Classical	11:14
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	RCA Victor Red Seal	10:56
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	RCA Victor Red Seal	11:33
Mariss Jansons, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Rudy · view	1993	Future Publishing	4:34
Wyn Morris, London Symphony Orchestra, David Golub · view	1993	IMP	11:24
Jean-Pierre Wallez, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra · view	1993	Castle Music	11:04
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	RCA Red Seal	11:22
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	RCA Red Seal	10:56
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	BMG Music	11:39
Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas · view	1993	RCA Red Seal	11:33