With classical music (the bulk of my collection), I really don't have that many recommendations based on soundstaging (I don't really listen for that quality). However, a few recordings are memorable for those qualities, sucb as:
Respighi: Church Windows (Reference Recordings)
Vivaldi: Concerti Pour Hautbois, Basson et Cordes (Astree)
Falla: Three Cornered Hat-Ansermet (Decca-JVC XRCD)
Mozart: Clarinet and Horn Concerto-de Peyer, Tuckwell, Maag (Decca)
For popular music:
Nouvelle Vague: Self Titled (might be a Q-sound recording because the soundstage is extremely wide)
Roger Waters: Amuzed to Death (Q-sound recording that even has sounds seeming to come from behind the listener)
Lambchop: Is a Woman
Be Good Tanyas: Chinatown
Cowboy Junkies: 'Neath the Covers
For Jazz, there are MANY great sounding recordings, though few stand out as far as wide soundstaging is concerned (except where wide means hole in the middle). As a general rule almost anything on ECM will sound good. Some others notable for soundstage/sound quality:
LA4: Just Friends (lp)
Mary Stallings: Fine and Mellow (lp)
Great Jazz Trio: Direct from LA (lp)
Respighi: Church Windows (Reference Recordings)
Vivaldi: Concerti Pour Hautbois, Basson et Cordes (Astree)
Falla: Three Cornered Hat-Ansermet (Decca-JVC XRCD)
Mozart: Clarinet and Horn Concerto-de Peyer, Tuckwell, Maag (Decca)
For popular music:
Nouvelle Vague: Self Titled (might be a Q-sound recording because the soundstage is extremely wide)
Roger Waters: Amuzed to Death (Q-sound recording that even has sounds seeming to come from behind the listener)
Lambchop: Is a Woman
Be Good Tanyas: Chinatown
Cowboy Junkies: 'Neath the Covers
For Jazz, there are MANY great sounding recordings, though few stand out as far as wide soundstaging is concerned (except where wide means hole in the middle). As a general rule almost anything on ECM will sound good. Some others notable for soundstage/sound quality:
LA4: Just Friends (lp)
Mary Stallings: Fine and Mellow (lp)
Great Jazz Trio: Direct from LA (lp)