Classical Music Recommendation, Testing for Lower Bass?

[rsmiii]

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.

 

[Paul Joppa]

The Camille Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony (#3) comes to mind - or Richard Strauss's tone poem "Also Sprach Zarathustra."

 

[2Bornot2B]

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

 

[Paul Birkeland]

You could try Switched-on Bach.

 

[Thermioniclife]

Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach.

 

[DrMorbius]

One of the best I found is the CD sound track to the movie “Mysterious Island” the Bernard Herrmann 2 orchestra extravaganza that was redone in 1992 by Joel McNeely with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Absolutely perfect recording and extremely well done performances! I use it to show off my system. Never fails.

 

[DrMorbius]

You could try Switched-on Bach.

As well as “The Well-Tempered Synthesizer”.

 

[atul.mehta6]

"Jazz at the Pawnshop" is good too!

 

[Tim G.]

I have a "best of" Aaron Copland recording that is my go to, even the fanfare for the common man is impressive!

 

[DrMorbius]

"Jazz at the Pawnshop" is good too!

That is a tried and true classic!

 

[hmbscott]

LALO: SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE
Georges Bizet, Édouard Édouard, Pablo de Sarasate
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Orchestre National De France, Seiji Ozawa