I think it is a matter of how stable and how focused compared to live.
I recommend that you get a set of really good microphones (I use Neumann U-67s) and go out and make your own recordings. That's what I do (Canto General, which was produced on LP and CD, is one of my first reference disks, produced in 1986). Having been there at the recording site and having heard what the microphone feed did (and having heard many microphone feeds before and since), I can instantly if something is right or not. Having your own reference is really handy; how else are you to know if a recording is really sounding right?
Stable and focused is no worries.