Piano Concerto no. 2

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Alexander Gibson & Aleksandr Ardakov

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor is a piano concerto by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, completed in 1900–1901 and first performed in 1901. The three-movement Romantic concerto features sweeping melodies, rich orchestration and virtuosic piano writing, and it occupies a central place in Rachmaninov's output as a work that consolidated his return to composition and influenced the late-Romantic concerto repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
    10:32
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio Sostenuto
    11:23
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18: III. Presto
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