Richter never recorded it, because he felt he didn't need to. In his mind, there were already so many good recordings of it, and he wanted to spend his time recording other repertoire.

Apparently he didn't record it because Gavrilov played it so well.

Same goes for the Brahms 1st Concerto(Gilels), the Chopin 1st(Neuhaus) and the Beethoven 5th(Neuhaus again).

I just noticed that the baby in your avatar is playing the piano! (I forget his name...)

Stewie

And he's not just playing the piano, he's wooing some lovely ladies at a party

I've always wondered what Stewie was doing in that picture. I couldn't tell if he was like moving a rock or something but now I do know. Heh speaking of Family Guy, I just bought the DVD set and their a little scene in which Stewie is giving a piano lesson and he tells the kid the wrong note in a simple melodie are electificed so the kid hits a wrong note and says he doesn't want to play piano. Then I laughed even harder when Stewie says, what, do you want to play the bassoon lol. And a girl playing bassoon is over a pool of water with a shark in it and it lowers when she squeeks lol.


Sorry for going off topic.
I only have one recording of Rach 3 and that is Ashkanezy with LSO-Previn. I enjoy it although I think I need another one. But there are so many! I think I'll just read through this thread(again).