Rachmaninov was one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known, and the music he wrote for the instrument is passionate, sensual and thrilling. His Second Piano Concerto was life-changing, ...

Listen to an excerpt from Rachmaninov's Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op 18 ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Denis Matsuev, Piano (9) Etudes-tableaux, Movements: No. 2 in A ...

Before Montreal-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin introduced classical pianist Bruce Liu to the Gerald R. Ford Amphiteater stage Thursday night in Vail, he told the audience, “One shining light has ...

British-Iranian pianist Arsha Kaviani makes his Royal Albert Hall debut with the soaring second movement from Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2. Widely recognised as the influence to Eric Carmen's ...

Rising star pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason takes on the dramatic first movement of Rachmaninov's much-loved Piano Concerto No.2. Accompanied by the Philharmonia under the direction of Ben Palmer, the ...

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra says Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 will not be performed tonight and Thursday after it cancelled performances by a Ukrainian-born pianist.

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Composed between 1900 and 1901, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is often described as the greatest piano concerto ever written. After the disastrous premiere of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 1 in 1897 ...