Ah, only just spotted this thread.

3 fave violin concerto recordings, is that the idea?

Well - tricky to choose just 3, but for me ...

Shostakovich VC 1 - Erxleben as soloist on Berlin Classics - he really stretches out the slow mvt but it is totally riveting and catastrophically emotional for me.

Sibelius VC with Christian Ferras and Karajan - Ferras does the 'atmosphere' like no other, imo.

Khatchaturian VC with either Igor Oistrakh (mono on MfP LP) or Leonid Kogan (on RCA Living Stereo)

The Shossy is truly wonderful and I need to listen to it again.

I heard the Sibelius live this year and I'm afraid I simply was not moved at all.

The Katchaturian I've never heard, so I'll try finding it on Spotify and will play it tonight when I get home.

Try Ferras for Sibelius, substantially ahead of the field imo, if that doesn't move you, nothing will.  He really nails the chilly Finnish atmosphere!

I have both of these ..

www.amazon.co.uk/Sibelius-Violin-Concerto-Finlandia-Tapiola/dp/B00000E3HR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417369240&sr=8-1&keywords=sibelius+ferras

www.amazon.co.uk/Christian-Ferras-DVD-Region-NTSC/dp/B0000BWTJU/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1417369240&sr=8-12&keywords=sibelius+ferras

And Karajan is an excellent Sibelian on the CD.

With the Khachaturian it's tempting to go for Julia Fischer on a nice up to date SACD, but she really has not got a clue how to play the work!

Go for vintage Leonid Kogan www.amazon.co.uk/Prokofiev-Alexander-Nevsky-Sergei/dp/B00004WFO9/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1417369654&sr=8-11&keywords=kogan+khachaturian

Oops, it was last year actually (how time flies).  Lisa Batiashvili with the BBC SO conducted by Sakari Oramo.  No, I'd never heard of them either.  Unmemorable, in any case.