The piano concerto no 2 in c minor op 18 is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by sergei rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and april 1901 the second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 december 1900. The piano concerto no 2 in b major op 83 by johannes brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto brahms began work on the piece in 1878 and completed it in 1881 while in pressbaum near vienna it took him three years to work on this concerto which indicates that he was always self critical. The piano concerto no 2 in g minor op 22 by camille saint saens was composed in 1868 and is probably saint saens most popular piano concerto it was dedicated to madame a de villers nee de haber at the premiere the composer was the soloist and anton rubinstein conducted the orchestra. Franz liszt wrote drafts for his concerto for piano and orchestra no 2 in a major s125 during his virtuoso period in 1839 to 1840 he then put away the manuscript for a decade when he returned to the concerto he revised and scrutinized it repeatedly the fourth and final period of revision ended in 1861 liszt dedicated the work to his student hans von bronsart who gave the first