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:
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 fusion of the origin...
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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:
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 fusion of the original and revised versions. Several pianists, including Ruth Laredo and Helene Grimaud, have used Horowitz's edition when performing the piece. A performance of the fusion version lasts approximately 22 minutes.
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