Best tracks to "show off" your system


I know there are certain songs that seem to bring out your system better than others.

which songs to you put on to show off your system to friends?

for me:
1. My love is - Diana Krall
2. Girl from Impanema - Getz/Gilberto
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Showing 1 response by northernfox

To add some classical selections:

1. Holst's "The Planets"(eg Mars,Jupiter,Uranus)
Philharmonia Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner
DG 445-860-2 (1995)

2. Almost anything sung by Jessye Norman
See eg "Brava Jessye! The very best of Jessye Norman"
Philips 454-693-2 (1971-1993)

3. For pure fun: 1958 Mercury Living Presence Version of
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"
(remastered for CD 1995)

conducted by Antal Dorati,
played by:

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
University of Minnesota Brass Band
Bronze Cannon(French,1775)of US Military Acadamy Westpoint
Bells (over 100tons!) of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at Riverside Church

Mercury 434-360-2