best recordings for a sense of scale


One of the main things that facsinates me about high end audio is it's ability to convey a sense of space. Play one album and your in a small jazz club with a very intimate feel, play a different album and you can very well be transported to a huge capacious expanse.

in this months Stereophile, one of the writers wrote, audiophiles at their best are custodians of many libraries.

That got me thinking it might be a good idea to open the question up:

What are the best songs you could recommend to best illustrate a sense of scale?

I'm personally not real interested in classical and opera which would be the obviouse choices.

Thanks for any help.
hahnzie

Showing 2 responses by mapman

http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Are-Many-Sides-Night/dp/B000006XAU

Somewhat classical perhaps, but this live mostly acoustic guitar recording by Steve Hackett (former guitarist of (Genesis) really conveys the acoustics of the hall it was recorded in better than most recordings.
Wes Montgomery Trio

This came on my system last night and exhibited exceptional jazz club ambience. The dynamics and sense of space with the organ and percussion parts in particular were breathtaking.