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
Edo de Waart, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1973	Philips Classics	10:15
Edo de Waart, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1973	Philips Classics	11:35
André Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra · view	1972	Decca Records	11:10
André Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra · view	1972	Decca Classics	11:34
André Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra · view	1972	Decca Classics	11:57
Ivan Davis · view	1971	Decca Classics	11:47
Ivan Davis · view	1971	Decca Classics	13:11
Ivan Davis · view	1971	Decca Classics	12:29
Antal Doráti, Minnesota Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	1966	Award International	10:15
Antal Doráti, Minnesota Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	1966	Brilliant Classics	9:55
Antal Doráti, Minnesota Orchestra, Byron Janis · view	1966	Brilliant Classics	10:43
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Gary Graffman · view	1964	Columbia	33:56
Kirill Kondrashin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1964	Decca Records	10:49
Kirill Kondrashin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1964	Decca Records	11:36
Kirill Kondrashin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra · view	1964	Decca Records	11:44
Russell Stanger, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Earl Wild · view	1963	Reader’s Digest	13:24
Kurt Sanderling, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter · view	1963	Arte Nova Classics	11:43
Kurt Sanderling, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter · view	1963	-	11:39
Kurt Sanderling, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter · view	1963	-	11:20
Stanisław Wisłocki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter · view	1959	Deutsche Grammophon	11:42