---MIKE--- wrote:
The original question was never completely answered. I am looking for
classical SACDs (preferably large orchestral ones) that show an obvious
rear channel ambience. I have noticed this on some movie DVDs but so
far not on SACDs. I want to know that surround sound is doing
something.

what constitutes an 'obvious' rear channel ambience?

If you mean, a sense of space absent from the two-channel,
the Kleiber 'Beethoven 5/7' SACD/DVD-A on DG fits the bill.

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