Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
PianoLate RomanticConcerto~33 minprofessional
The most popular piano concerto in the repertoire. Written after Rachmaninoff overcame a creative crisis through hypnotherapy, it opens with the famous sequence of darkening piano chords. The soaring second movement theme has been adapted countless times in popular music. A supreme test of Romantic pianism.
Editions
Boosey & Hawkes
Rachmaninoff, 1901
Original edition. Two-piano reduction.
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G. Schirmer
Ruth Laredo, 1991
Performance edition with the Laredo two-piano reduction.
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