Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

Recordings worth hearing

• Ashkenazy / Previn / London Symphony Orchestra

  Reference

  Decca · 1974

  The first-movement cadenza is long enough to stand alone and among the hardest pages in the repertoire. Ashkenazy plays it clearly rather than showily, and the structure never goes missing.

• Trifonov / Nézet-Séguin / The Philadelphia Orchestra

  Modern

  Deutsche Grammophon · 2018

  The most varied in colour among modern recordings, with a scherzo that never once lets up.

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