| Without any particular order: Gieseking with Barbirolli in 1939 is a phenomenal performance. Mistakably did not listen it for a long time as I was confusing it with the horrible Mengelberg–Gieseking performance of the same year. Gavrilov with Lazarev recording from 1977 is superb performance as well. Horowitz with Reiner in 1951 did a very good job, but it is kind of the Horowitz’s things…. Earl Wild with Horenstein in 1966 did wonderfully and the Reader Digest flavored it with superb Sound quality. Rachmaninoff himself with Ormandy is very fine performance that should not be overlooked. Phenomenal and very different play! Janis with Dorati is a outstanding performance… There are many more, in fact hundreds, but the above would be some of the Creme de la Creme of the Rachmaninoff’s Their... |
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