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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
Claudio Abbado, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yuja Wang · view	2011	Deutsche Grammophon	10:26
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Simon Trpčeski · view	2010	Avie Records	11:51
Leopold Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra, Sergei Rachmaninoff · view	2010	Classical Masters	9:48
Lawrence Foster, The Hallé, Jean-Bernard Pommier · view	2010	EMI Classics	2:30
Ali Rahbari, Brussels Philharmonic, David Lively · view	2010	Reader’s Digest Music	11:45
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Simon Trpčeski · view	2010	Avie Records	11:40
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Simon Trpčeski · view	2010	Avie Records	10:20
Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Simon Trpčeski · view	2010	The Sunday Telegraph	11:46
Jesús López Cobos, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hélène Grimaud · view	2010	Metro Tins	11:44
Leopold Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra, Sergei Rachmaninoff · view	2010	X5 Music Group	10:50
Adrian Boult, Julius Katchen · view	2010	100 Hits	4:07
Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra · view	2010	Sony Classical	12:45
Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra · view	2010	Sony Classical	11:13
Lorin Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Horacio Gutiérrez · view	2009	Classic FM	6:17
Constantin Silvestri, Orchestre National de France, Aldo Ciccolini · view	2009	EMI Classics	11:46
Constantin Silvestri, Orchestre National de France, Aldo Ciccolini · view	2009	EMI Classics	10:40
Constantin Silvestri, Orchestre National de France, Aldo Ciccolini · view	2009	EMI Classics	12:45
Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Abbey Simon · view	2009	X5 Music Group	10:37
André Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra · view	2009	Decca Records	11:58
Hélène Grimaud · view	2009	Union Square Music	4:01