When I got this I watched it 2x on a couple different days.

Unfortunately it was vhs _and_ on a monophonic player.

I've only recently bought a dvd player. The first thing I got
to test it out was Mike Oldfield's Concert In Heaven which was
some outdoor performance on a New Years Eve in Berlin.

Pretty hot concert piece. Other first thing I played of my
own was the reissue of Mimi Perin's Le Double Six a' Paris
first release. The most famous alumnus out of The Double Six
was Ward Swingle whose Swingle Singers recordings of classical
composers are still in print.

And I saw the Count Basie Orchestra with Neena Freelon live
at the local performing arts place. As a volunteer usher, I
did extra time to be able to work that show.

There was one joe at the Basie who wanted to sit up in
the 4th balcony because he said the acoustic would be
better than 2nd.

I have tried to get an impression of what reproduction
of concert hall sound would be like but I am still stumped.
I'm stumped in the sense that normal sense of stereo right/left
soundstage and volume are obvious isolated in place in the
home environment. But concert hall listening does not give
(for me) any of the effects of separation when listening
to a big band or orchestra. Then you throw in the amplification
system and that adds more coloration. That leaves me with
the question: Aside from volume or loudness, how to reproduce
the orchestra sound?