Best CD of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano C

Speaking of the cadenza, my favorite was an old recording with Andre Watts and Ozawa (NYPO), who combined the two cadenzas--the short one for the first part, the longer one for the second part. That recording also cuts out some parts of the second and third movements, though (I think Rachmaninov himself may have made those cuts, as he often did that to his works when he worried they were too long), which I kind of like, but others may not.  I heard them play the work live at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor when I was at school in the late 60s and, have been hooked on the piece ever since.  I still like Argerich/Chailly for the short cadenza, a fantastic live performance, and  Ashkenazy for the longer, more brooding one.

Interesting about the Ann Arbor connection.  I heard Horowitz and Ormandy/Philly do the piece in the late seventies at the May Festival, which was Horowitz second concert after a long retirement; the first was the Concert in New York from which the recording was made.

+1 for Volodos, and, of course, Horowitz in his various renderings.