Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

​Sergei Rachmaninov completed his four-movement orchestral Symphony No. 2 in April 1907, in Dresden, Germany, and dedicated it to Sergei Taneyev, a Russian composer and a pupil of Tchaikovsky. His family remained in Dresden for three years at the estate of his in-laws, the Ivanovka, to escape the political turmoil that resulted in the Russian Revolution. Premiering at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 26 January 1908, it remains one of the composer’s most popular and best-known compositions. Although Symphony No. 2 was subjected to numerous revisions in the 1940s and 1950s, most orchestras today, exclusively play the original hour-long version. 

Four albums are:

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, Isle of the Dead. Yannick Nezet-Seguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Release Date: 30 Jun 2023. Label: Deutsche Grammophon.

Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2. Andrew Litton and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Release Date: 30 Oct 2015. Label: BIS.

​Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 2, Vocalise, Aleko. Andre Previn and London Symphony Orchestra. Release Date: 12 Sept 2011. Label: Warner Classics.

​Rachmaninov, Symphonies Nos 1 – 3, Symphonic Dances, Isle of the Dead, Vocalise. Mariss Jansons and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Release Date: 24 Sept 2007. Label: Warner Classics.

Reference: (2024). Symphony No. 2, Sergei Rachmaninov. LA Phil. USA: Author. https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3935/symphony-no-2