Piano Sonata No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36, is a piano sonata in B-flat minor composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1913. Rachmaninoff revised it in 1931, with the note, "The new version, revised and reduced by author." It has three movements:

1. Allegro agitato
2. Non allegro
3. Allegro molto

A performance of the original version lasts approximately 25 minutes. A performance of the revised version lasts approximately 19 minutes.

In 1940, with the composer's consent, Vladimir Horowitz created a syncretic of the original and revised versions.^[1] Several pianists, including Ruth Laredo and Hélène Grimaud, have used Horowitz's edition when performing the piece. A performance of the syncretic version lasts approximately 22 minutes.

References

External links

• Piano Sonata No. 2: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Recording by Cecile Licad from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
• History of the different versions of the piece

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