Best female vocal recording on CD?


i am a sucker for great warm rich smooth female vocalists, especially on tube gear and speakers that image well. but i am almost always faced with a great voice/song but a sonically inferior recording (examples too numerous to list) or a great recording of a mediocre voice.  rickie lee jones (pop pop) comes to mind- fab recording, but come on lets be honest about her voice. however, i will almost always pick great recordings and leave the bad recordings for the car.

 so i am asking for what you use as a reference female vocal recording/track. right now i come back tp bonnie raitt "you cant make me love you" from luck of the draw.  big, warm, strong voice. not a perfect recording. but hmmmm that voice.

my only requirement is it has to be on CD. and we all know of great vinyl that did not translate into great CDs.  so help me out here, what should be my next music purchase 
meiatflask
Check out Margo Timmons of the Cowboy Junkies and Kelly Flint of Dave's True Story.  Amazing voices!  Rene Marie is also very good, and let's not forget Jennifer Warnes!
Calvin - yes Cecile Mclorin Salvant Womanchild Fantastic!
Tooblue - you are right, Patricia Barber, Diana Krall and Nora Jones are also Fantastic. Boring? Really? To who?
Eva Cassidy - breathtakingly beautiful as some pointed out
Anything by Joni Mitchell "Blue" is out of this world
Aretha Franklin - Has there ever been a woman with a more soulful voice?
Lisa Gerrard - Tremendous
I am going to add Alison Krauss. Has anybody heard " Ghost in this house".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRGZaHb8xE
I agree with all of these! So many talented ladies!!
 But - I'm surprised Tierney Sutton is not mentioned.

I'll throw out; Sara Gazarek, Barbara Knight, and I know it's not unanimous - but Paco the Border Collie and I love when Eliane Elias sings!!

I'm surprised that non one has mentioned Tracey Thorn/ Everything But The Girl.

I would highly recommend the CD's Amplified Heart and Acoustic.