Bill Blank wrote:

>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.

The only good DDD I know is Pletnev with Rostropovich and RNO playing
Rach.3 and Prokoviev 3.  Otherwise back to the 'oldies'.  Horowitz for
a start.  Don't have the discs handy so can't give you numbers, but I
think Amazon stock both.

Ernest Smart