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
London Symphony Orchestra · view	1992	Classical Heritage	11:52
London Symphony Orchestra · view	1992	Classical Heritage	10:58
London Symphony Orchestra · view	1992	Classical Heritage	10:01
Mariss Jansons, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Rudy · view	1991	EMI Classics	12:19
Mariss Jansons, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Rudy · view	1991	EMI Classics	11:41
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Andrei Gavrilov · view	1991	EMI Classics	13:49
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Philippe Entremont · view	1991	Sony Classical	12:02
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Andrei Gavrilov · view	1991	EMI Classics	10:54
Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Andrei Gavrilov · view	1991	EMI Classics	11:32
Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorge Luis Prats · view	1991	In Classical Mood	10:52
Anton Nanut, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak · view	1991	Grand Gala	13:04
Anton Nanut, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak · view	1991	Grand Gala	11:41
Anton Nanut, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak · view	1991	Grand Gala	12:45
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Philippe Entremont · view	1991	Sony Classical	13:18
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Philippe Entremont · view	1991	Sony Classical	10:50
Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorge Luis Prats · view	1991	Musical Heritage Society	11:08
Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorge Luis Prats · view	1991	Musical Heritage Society	10:05
Lorin Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Horacio Gutiérrez · view	1991	Telarc	11:23
Yevgeny Svetlanov, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Hiroko Nakamura · view	1991	Sony Classical	11:31
Yevgeny Svetlanov, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Hiroko Nakamura · view	1991	Sony Classical	10:42