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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

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Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions is the best non-classical or orchestra example that comes to mind.

Recorded in St Peter's cathedral I believe it has a very good sense of the space and the environment in which the recording took place.

There was also a follow up dvd made about 10-15 years later which showed the actual venue and had other famous musicians join the Cowboy Junkies and replay the album - included Natalie Merchant I think......
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