I haven’t heard to many new recordings over the last 15 years or so.
The first criteria should be, which cadenza? Rach wrote a short and a longer one. For me the longer, stormer one is essential, the emotional heart of the piece. The famous Horowitz recording actually uses the shorter one. My favorite was made about the same time as the Horowitz/Ormandy, with Azhkenazy/Ormandy and the Philadelphians. For the shorter cadenza, try Earl Wild/Jascha Horenstein and the Royal Philharmonic, also an audiophile recording
The first criteria should be, which cadenza? Rach wrote a short and a longer one. For me the longer, stormer one is essential, the emotional heart of the piece. The famous Horowitz recording actually uses the shorter one. My favorite was made about the same time as the Horowitz/Ormandy, with Azhkenazy/Ormandy and the Philadelphians. For the shorter cadenza, try Earl Wild/Jascha Horenstein and the Royal Philharmonic, also an audiophile recording