Second Piano Concerto

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Vladimir Ashkenazy & Академический симфонический оркестр Московской филармонии & Kirill Kondrashin

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 is a piano concerto by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1900-1901 and premiered in 1901. The work features sweeping late-Romantic melodies, lush orchestration and a virtuosic solo piano part, and it played a pivotal role in re-establishing Rachmaninov's reputation after a period of creative difficulty, becoming a central piece of the concert repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: 1. Moderato
    10:49
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: 2. Adagio sostenuto
    11:44
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: 3. Allegro scherzando
    11:36
  4. 4.
    Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39 no. 1
    2:49
  5. 5.
    Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39 no. 2
    7:19
  6. 6.
    Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39 no. 5
    5:14

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