Product Details

• Actors: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
• Directors: David Kennard, Joan Saffa, Gary Halvorson
• Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Import, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Italian
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: San Francisco Sym
• DVD Release Date: November 10, 2009
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002SKF7GW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,584 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MTT - KEEPING SCORE, January 8, 2010

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Robert Bryant "Luke B." (Victoria, Australia.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keeping Score-Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (DVD)

Wonderful music. Introduced with great skill by the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson-Thomas. He explains with much detail all you may want to know about a particular musical work, most of which is from the composers actual home location. This is followed by a full performance of the musical work, brilliantly played by a super good Orchestra in Davies Hall, San Francisco. The camera work is brilliant! In the more recent set of "Keeping Score" recorded in San Francisco, up to 11 cameras are used with unfailing accuracy, by homing in on individual orchestra players at "their moment".
I now own the complete 7 DVD's of this remarkable undertaking. If you are a serious music lover, a teacher, a young or older person, with a classical music interest, then please, put this complete set of 7 DVD's on your shopping list now! I look forward to any continuation of this very worthy project.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blown away!, February 6, 2010

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Bronx Doc - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keeping Score-Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (DVD)

This recording absolutely takes you into the heart of an incredible performance by Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. There is no seat in the house that could possibly deliver the clarity and presence that this superbly recorded Blu-Ray disc provides. Delivered in a charming and delightful manner, I learned more about the background of Berlioz and the writing of this Symphony than I had ever known before. What an intimate and fulfilling musical experience! The bonus video of the making of this recording was also an informative delight.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best BluRay recording I have ever heard!, February 5, 2010

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David Moore (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keeping Score-Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Recently I purchased the Berlioz Symphony Fantastique on BluRay, which I believe is the best sounding recording I have ever heard! I was excited to find out that the recording was in discreet 7.1 Dolby TrueHD as it did not show this on the cover. This recording is the first that gave me a true wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling sound experience I am always trying to achieve. The low frequencies are truly amazing! I hope that all future recordings from the Keeping Score series offer the 7.1 option. On this particular BluRay you will need to manually select the 7.1 option in the setup menu. Just get it, you won't be disappointed!