Piano Concerto No. 2, Ex Patria, Improvisations

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Gabriela Montero & Gabriela Montero & YOA Orchestra of the Americas & Carlos Miguel Prieto

Piano Concerto No. 2 is a piano concerto by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, completed in 1901. The three-movement work features lyrical melodies, sweeping Romantic harmonies and virtuosic piano writing, and it marked Rachmaninov's return to composition after a period of creative crisis, subsequently entering the standard Romantic piano repertoire.
First released: 1st June 2015

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
    11:37
  2. 2.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
    11:37
  3. 3.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
    11:32
  4. 4.
    Ex Patria, op. 1 "In memoriam"
    13:18
  5. 5.
    Improvisation no. 1
    5:19
  6. 6.
    Improvisation no. 2
    7:02
  7. 7.
    Improvisation no. 3
    3:42

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