Customer Reviews

Live in Maastricht 2

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The page says "discontinued by manufacturer" but that's not correct , it has been released in Europe and the international version will follow over the next 6 months into 2009 though there may be some variation on the bonus tracks and or sub titles depending which part of the world you are in.
Andre Rieu is currently the worlds biggest act,and 500 people have to go on tour with him. His son is in charge of the huge logistics EG the first Melbourne concert
Nov 13th 09 was no exception where a massive 6 million dollar replica of a Austrian Palace was recreated complete with an ice rink & ballroom!The sheer scale is amazing.
Live in Maastrich 11 is in my opinion is his best DVD so far it's a total package and the guest acts often steal the show ,in this case 13 year old
Melissa Venema who plays "Il Silenzio" on the trumpet!! Amazing!The other real high point is the performance with the world-famous Mastreechter Staar male voice choir, I know that a lot of critics say Rieu is a bit like a highly sophisticated version of the "Wiggles for adults" constant action, variety, humour but all great fun. Ok maybe, but it's still the best breathtaking showbiz experience on the Planet

'Live in Maastricht II' is a must see for anyone that likes Andre Rieu.
The entire production is superb. This is Andre at his best.
The highlight for me is Melissa Venema who plays "Il Silenzio" on the trumpet!! This little gal is only 13 years old and plays solo trumpet better than anyone I have ever heard.
The new singer Mirusia Louwerse does great with "Ave Maria".
My copy was ordered from the 'Andre Rieu' website in Holland and I would guess it will be available in the American market before too long.
I would rate this at ten stars but they only let me do five.
Sam; Olympia, Wa. USA

DVD Andre Rieu LIVE IN MAASSTRICHT 2
I also ordered this DVD Andre Rieu Live in Maastricht 2 and they sent the PAL format instead of the NTSC format listed in Amazon. Of coarse my DVD player on plays NTSC region 0 or 1 for US & Canada.
What is going on here, does this Vendor have the NTSC version? Matter of fact, I send them an email four weeks before I ordered this, requesting verification of NTSC and never got a reply. That indicate to me that it was a no brain- er and not going to be in a PAL format, that in fact it is what it states-NTSC... Not very good customer relations from my stand point. Amazon needs to monitor their vendors more closly, Jeff Bezos....

UPDATE:
It appears it will not become available in NTSC. I bought a new DVD player that plays all NTSC & PAL. Problem solved. Most DVD mfg. are now including both formats. Just check the model capabilities before buying...

This is the second time I find a dvd in Amazon, VERIFY product detail that it is NTSC U.S. format and instead, I receive PAL European formtat. The first time I tried to return it and vendor insisted he indicated it was PAL. The add was no longer available so I had no way to probe it. Since I live on the border with Mexico, this time I just went ahead and purchased an inexpensive multi-format dvd player that plays all regions including Europe's PAL...BUT AMAZON AND ITS PROVIDERS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL IN IDENTIFYING THEIR DVD FORMAT, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS NOT U.S. It was very frustrating but I really enjoyed it. As to the concert I would rate it excellent 5 stars.

I actually ordered this Dvd from andre's web site.They make sure you get the rightversion. The DVD is absolutely wonderful. I'm glad I didn't wait for it to come out in the states.

I ORDERED THE ANDRE RIEU MAASTRICHT 2 DVD FROM GROOVES. THEY SHIPPED ME A PAL DVD AND REFUSED T REPLACE IT OR aCCEPT THE PAL DVD BACK. THEY INSISTED THEY SHIPPED ME A NTSC CODED DVD. THE BOX THE SHIPPED DVD CAME IN SAYS ON THE BACK IT IS A PAL DVD. THIS COMPANY SHIPS FROM BERLIN GERMANY AND EVEN SAID THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK FORMATS ON DVD'S THEY SHIP. IF YOU WANT LIVE IN LIVE MAASTRICHT 2 DON'T BUY FROM GROOVES. THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS SELLING ON AMAZON WITH THE ATTITUDE I HAVE ENCOUNTERED AS YOU WOULD EXPECT I CANNOT PLAY THE DVD.

The DVD is great. HOWEVER, I am unable to play it on any of my DVD players. I can only watch it on my computer. I have yet to find out why.

This would have been a great DVD, however, I had to return the DVD because the supplier sent the incorrect one. They sent the one recorded in the PAL mode, it should have been in NTSC, they did not check this before sending

This is the best DVD of Andre Rieu which I have seen so far. If you love to hear and see Andre Rieu, do not miss watching this DVD. Brilliant.

Although the resolution of this concert was not up to earlier standards, I thought the content was excellent. I was surprised to to see Marissa sing two numbers and the other two ladies not sing any. I hope Andre knew what he was doing because egos can be very fragle.