Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuo (opening)

~ Recording by Cécile Ousset, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.14Concierto para piano No. 2 (II: Adagio sostenuto-inicio)4:35Сергей Васильевич РахманиновEl mejor álbum de relajación del mundoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI‐Odeon, S.A. (not for release label use! subsidiary of EMI Music Spain, S.A.)7243 5 66685 2 2
2.14Concerto for Piano no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio Sostenuto4:35Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)7243 8 44890 2 1, VTDCD 155
2.14Concerto for Piano no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto4:35Sergei RachmaninoffThe Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
7243 5 66650 2 6
2.14Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio Sostenuto4:35Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-02-17
Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)
1.14Piano Concerto No 24:33Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Very Best of the Classic ExperienceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-09-06
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Virgin Classics (absorbed into Erato since 2013-07-19)VTDCD 252
1.13Piano Concerto no. 24:31Sergei RachmaninovThe Best Classical Album of the Millennium…Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-10-25
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 45382 2 3, VTDCDX 269
3.13Piano Concerto No. 24:31Sergei RachmaninovThe Best Classical Album of the Millennium…Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 67265 2 9 / CDELJD (WLMD) 142
2.13Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio sostenuto4:33Sergei RachmaninoffThe Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-09-02
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)
2.14Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: Adagio sostenuto4:34Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Most Peaceful Classical Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)vtdcd 340
2.7Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor4:32Sergei RachmaninoffThe Most Romantic Piano Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2001-05-05
Virgin TVVTDCD367
2.13Piano Concerto No 24:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновClassical LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2002
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)5 45538 2, VTDCD 489
4.12Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor - II Adagio sostenuto (opening)4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Classical Chillout BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-09-22
Virgin TVVTDCDX540
5.2Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 II. Adagio sostenuo (Opening)4:32Sergei RachmaninoffYour Hundred Best Tunes: The Nation’s Favourite Classical MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-11-10
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)7243 5 94634 2 1, VTCDX 584, VTDCDX584
2.6Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor4:33Сергей Васильевич РахманиновClassical HeartbreakersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-01-13
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 85345 2 8
4.12Piano Concerto no. 24:32RachmaninovThe Classical Chillout BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-09-07
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 85667 2 7
5.2Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (II - Adagio sostenuto, Opening)4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновBest Classics 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BR2004-10-10
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)7243 5 85842 2 6
1.8Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Best Classical Album in the World …Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-08
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7143 8 64898 2 1, VTDCD 642
5.2Concerto pour Piano No.2 en Ut mineur, Op.18: II - Adagio sostenuto (debut)4:32Rachmaninov100 airs classiques de legendeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)PM 588
5.2Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (II - Adagio sostenuto, Opening)4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновBest Classics 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)7243 5 85842 2 6, PM 538, PM538
5.2Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (II - Adagio sostenuto, Opening)4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновBest Classics 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2005-04-13
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)TOCE-55721, TOCE-55722, TOCE-55723, TOCE-55724, TOCE-55725, TOCE-55726
5.2ピアノ協奏曲 第２番 第２楽章（冒頭）4:32ラフマニノフベスト・クラシック100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2005-04-13
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)TOCE-55721, TOCE-55722, TOCE-55723, TOCE-55724, TOCE-55725, TOCE-55726
1.5Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brief Encounter)4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World ...Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-06-06
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)09463 3 0350 2 7, VTDCD 724
1.5Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor: II. “Opening” Adagio sostenuto4:30Sergei RachmaninovThe Best Classics … Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • PL2005-11-15
Pomaton0946 3 48923 2 2, EMI3489232
2.1Piano Concerto No. 2 (Somewhere in Time)4:32Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов100 Best Film ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2006-08-29
Warner Classics0946 3 54928 2 8
2.1Piano Concerto No. 2 (Somewhere in Time)4:32Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов100 Best Film ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-08-29
Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)70900
5.2Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (II - Adagio sostenuto, Opening)4:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновBest Classics 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-08-29
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)0946 3 70853 2 5
2.1Piano Concerto #2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto4:32Sergej RachmaninovFilm 100: Classic Music From Your Favourite MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 74283 2 0
3.8Piano Concerto N. 24:32Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов100 Best Relaxing ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Classics, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 89032 2 2
1.16Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)4:32Sergei RachmaninoffMyleene’s Music for RomanceMyleene KlassAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-07-02
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)395 6032
2.1Concerto pour piano n° 2 en ut mineur (Quelque part dans le temps)4:32RachmaninovLes 100 plus belles musiques classiques du cinémaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)393586 2
1.13Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Opening)4:31Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff100 Best Romantic Classics (EMI Classics 6CD Release)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-01-14
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)
3.5Piano Concerto No. 24:31Sergei Rachmaninoff101 Classical HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-05-12
Virgin TVVTDCDX 906
1.8Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor. II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)4:33Сергей Васильевич РахманиновEssential Relaxing ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-07-05
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)50999 6 27930 2 5
1.8Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)4:32Sergei RachmaninovFifty Shades of Grey: The Classical AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2012-09-11
  • US2012-09-11
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.8Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18: Adagio sostenuto4:31RachmaninoffFifty Shades of Grey: The Classical AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-09-11
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.8Adagio sostenuto aus Klavierkonzert Nr. 24:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновFifty Shades of Grey: Das Klassik AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2012-09-14
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.8Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op.18: Adagio Sostenuto4:31Sergel RachmoninoffFifty Shades of Grey: The Classical AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-09-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)509999 78466 2 8
1.8Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18: Adagio sostenuto4:31RachmaninoffFifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)509999 78466 2 8
2.1Piano Concerto No. 2 (Somewhere in Time)4:29Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов100 Best Film ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Classics
1.42Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 II. Adagio sostenuto (Opening)4:32Sergei Rachmaninoff100 Best Relaxing ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2019-03-22
Warner Classics
1.18Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)4:33Sergei RachmaninoffThe Prodigy ConductorSir Simon Rattle; Alexander Borodin, Antonín Dvořák, Benjamin Britten, Carl Orff, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Gustav Holst, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Sibelius, Joaquín Rodrigo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-01-07
Warner Classics
1.95Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)4:33Sergei RachmaninoffThe Roaring SeventiesSir Simon RattleAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-01-19
Warner Classics
2.1Ein tödlicher Traum: Klavierkonzert No.2 - Il Adagio sostenuto (Anfang)4:32Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов100 Meisterwerke der FilmmusikVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)
Promotion
3.8Piano Concerto N. 24:32Сергей Васильевич РахманиновBest 100 RelaxingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)BC 11 12
(unknown)
2.14Concerto for Piano no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto4:35Сергей Васильевич РахманиновThe Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)CDC 566650
2.14Concerto for Piano no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto4:35Sergei RachmaninoffThe Most Relaxing Classical Albums In The World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)LC0542

Relationships

piano:Cécile Ousset (French pianist)
orchestra:City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:Simon Rattle (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1984)
recording of:Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (partial)

Related works

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

premiered in:Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
referred to in medleys:Comedy in Music, Part I
part of:Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 (movement) (order: 2)
is the basis for:All by Myself
Kam tenkrát šel mùj bratr Jan
Preghiera
arrangements:Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (catch-all for arrangements)
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (arr. Rachmaninov for two pianos)