Classical Music Recommendation, Testing for Lower Bass?

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Offline rsmiii

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What "classical" music do you recommend, if you want to test speakers for lower bass performance?

Right now I look to Sergei Rachmaninoff, All-Night Vigil (1915) [aka Vespers], particularly movement 5, "Now Lettest Thou."
The final measures has the lower bass vocalists descending to a low B-Flat.
It's fun to imagine where your ears start to lose it and your imagination substitutes in.

But other choices, if you want to show off your speakers and subwoofers?
All suggestions appreciated.



Offline Paul Joppa

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Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 10:27:00 AM
The Camille Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony (#3) comes to mind - or Richard Strauss's tone poem "Also Sprach Zarathustra."

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Offline 2Bornot2B

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While it is not “classical” the soundtrack to “Encounters of the Third Kind” should provide a workout for your system.

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Offline Paul Birkeland

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You could try Switched-on Bach.

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Offline Thermioniclife

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach.

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