cd's/SACDS to test highs?

Not sure what genre you're into, but there is an incredibly beautiful "classical song', with very high female vocals (but not opera style) interplaying with a violin (Gidon Kremer), on the Arvo Part album "Arbos". The song is called "es sang for langen Jahren". This is another staple recording of mine to evauate "highs".

I would use one of the early Nora Jones records. The vocals are very up front and on a good system, you can actually hear the sound of her mouth opening, and the breath sounds. On a poor system, you will either lose these things or the vocals will sound harsh, but on a good system, she sounds like she's in the room. BTW, the music was good on the first two records, as Nora wrote very few of the songs. She's a decent enough singer, but her writing is for shit.

On CD look for Vaughan Williams the Lark Ascending with Iona Brown on violin and Neville Marriner conducting. The finest semi-quavers I have heard yet and a brilliant recording for violin.

Into The Labyrinth-MoFi SACD Dead Can Dance.
The first cut will test your highs nicely. It will test your lows as well! Great album with outstanding female and male vocals.

Regards,

Thanks everyone ! Really appreciate all the great recs.
I love Dead can dance. I have most of their CDs .
I do like jazz,blue grass,folk,alt country,rock
Would female opera singers be a good test as well?