Concerto No. 2

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 is a piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1900–01 and first performed in 1901. The work exemplifies late-Romantic orchestral and piano writing with sweeping melodies, rich harmonies and virtuosic piano passages, and it played a pivotal role in restoring Rachmaninoff's compositional confidence after an earlier period of creative crisis, helping to re-establish his career in the early 20th century.