Recordings
Despite his dismissal of the concerto, the composer performed it himself various times, and recorded it along with his first concerto. Both are played at fast tempi rarely matched in modern recordings.
Maxim's own son, Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich, has also recorded the piece, with his father conducting I Musici de Montreal. Identical in bearing to his famous grandfather, Dmitri the younger also matches his grandfather's frenetic speed and expression very closely.
Other recordings include those by Leonard Bernstein as soloist and conductor for Columbia Records, Marc-André Hamelin for Hyperion Records, and Dmitri Alexeev with Jerzy Maksymiuk conducting the English Chamber Orchestra.
In Fantasia 2000, Yefim Bronfman plays the concerto's first movement (Allegro) as the story teller of "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans Christian Andersen. He also recorded both of the concertos with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.
Read more about this topic: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Shostakovich)
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