I have been immersing myself in the Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto after ignoring it for many years and not consider it among my top 5 favorites. Oddly it puts me in a similar frame of mind as the late Beethoven string quartets, one I relish. I only have the Rachmaninov performance of the concerto on CD and would like to get a couple of modern recordings with contrasting interpretations. Would you recommend some recordings. I generally do not like live recordings as the extraneous noises are distracting and would prefer DDD or if really outstanding ADD. TIA, Bill Blank http://kernunnos.com (Celtic studies and numismatics) OBOD's Message board: http://www.druidry.org/board