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