John Williams In Vienna (Live)[Blu-ray]

Great for the home theater with or without atmos. A must for the library.

For all those who love John Williams music this is a must

Big JW fan, so I had to have it

Oh, this is soooo good. Very enjoyable listening. Sad to see him growing old. Guess we all are...

THE DTS MIX IS SUPERB, BUT THE ABOVE OMISSIONS WERE VERY DISAPPOINTING….

John Williams is truly one of a kind. His music is extraordinary and gives me great Joy. His music adds depth to the movies he has scored and I think he will be terribly missed when he retires.

First 10 seconds of play in my home theater and was blown away and very happy with the sound quality of the recording. The songs are of course great and it's wonderful to see the players generate these classic tracks live in front of you. Mr. Williams won't be around forever, but it's great to have this piece of history in the can and in such a top-shelf capture.

A couple of months ago I bought the 2-CD set of the live version of this concert. Then I found out this BluRay was available. It's all the same material, but with gorgeous high-definition images to go with the audio ... a no brainer. I probably won't bother listening to the CDs any longer. If you haven't had the opportunity to see John Williams conduct in person, this is the closest you can get! Mr. Williams is shown to be a brilliant, yet humble and soft-spoken man.The technical quality of the video is superb. If there's any downside to the material, I have to say the contribution of violinist Anne Sophie Mutter seems to be a bit over-interpreted, changing some beautiful, relaxed melodies like Hedwig's Theme into frenetic and inharmonic passages, reminiscent of Charles Ives. If you like Ives, perhaps you will enjoy Ms. Mutter's interpretations more than I. Perhaps her followers expect that from her, so she gives them what they want.By the way, don't pay attention to the note in the description about the playback region, the disc is All Regions and plays fine in North America.