Recommended acoustic recordings

Jack Rose "Black Dirt Sessions"
Oliver Jones "Cookin' At the Sweet Basil"
Anat Cohen "Clarinet Work: Live At the Village Vanguard"

Second Eva Cassidy, especially the Songbird album on vinyl.

Opus 3 - Thorvald Fredin, "Concertos for Double Bass & Orchestra" SACD 8522 - classical music for orchestra and double bass by Bottesini, Erland von Koch and Lars-Erik Larsson. The Larsson piece is particularly fine.
http://www.opus3records.com/class_orch.html#8522

If you don't know the recordings on the Opus 3 label, I encourage you to explore them. They are all acoustic and exceptionally well recorded with emphasis on getting a capturing the timbre of instruments and reproducing the original performance space as naturally as possible.

I have a bunch of Opus 3's, but not the ones recommended. I will explore those mentioned. Thank you for the responses everyone. A few examples of recordings that really shimmer on my simple setup (and most are regular RBCD's):

- The Florestan Trio, Debussy/Faure/Ravel

- Grieg, Peer Gynt, Sir Thomas Beecham

- Helge Lien Trio, hello Troll

- Julian Lage, Sounding Point

- Brian Bromberg, Wood

- Anouar Brahem, The Astounding Eyes of Rita

Norah Jones esp. her 1st two albums
Melody Gardot esp. My One and Only Thrill
Ben Harper esp. Disc 2 of Live on Mars
Lyle Lovett esp. I Love Everybody