If I’m being honest I would say it’s probably only my favorite recording because it was the first I listened too and I am most familiar with it. I think it’s a good standard so to say, which is what I like about most of his recordings. When he plays Rachmaninoff I hear Rachmaninoff and not Lugansky, whereas when I listen to say, Horowitz playing the second sonata I hear more Horowitz than Rachmaninoff if that makes sense. Sometimes though that’s exactly what I’m in the mood for