Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

by Sergey Rakhmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1946
  • Label: Victrola, His Master's Voice
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 41:50
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This landmark archival release captures the composer himself interpreting his most famous concerto, backed by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Leopold Stokowski. The performance provides an invaluable historical document of Rachmaninoff's own rhythmic flexibility and dynamic phrasing. It remains a definitive reference point for the Russian Romantic repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, Instrumental, Technical, Orchestral, orchestral, piano, melodic, virtuosic, symphonic

Tracklist

  1. First Movement: Moderato (Part 1)
  2. First Movement: Moderato (Part 2)
  3. First Movement: Meno Mosso
  4. Second Movement: Adagio Sostenuto (Part 1)
  5. Second Movement: Adagio Sostenuto (Part 2)
  6. Second Movement: Adagio Sostenuto (Part 3)
  7. Second Movement: Adagio Sostenuto (Concluded)
  8. Third Movement: Allegro Scherzando (Part 1)
  9. Third Movement: Allegro Scherzando (Part 2)
  10. Third Movement: Meno Mosso (Concluded)

Credits

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - primary artist
  • Leopold Stokowski - primary artist
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra - primary artist

More from Sergey Rakhmaninov: full discography