Poulenc double piano concerto?


I'm looking for recommendations for an outstanding performance/recording of this work...?
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Funny you ask, but I just listened to the excellent Labeque sisters/Seiji Ozawa performance on Philips a couple of nights ago. This is a lively performance in very good sound. I would bet that Rpfef's Dutoit recommendation is solid. That Piano Concerto has some great parts, including a memorable opening theme.

The Double Concerto for me is one of the most important & visionary pieces of music from the first half of the 20th century. Funny to say that about a witty, often light and sometimes silly concerto, but its eclecticism jumps over the line into postmodernism.