I've picked up a few DVD Audio disks recently, mostly the Daniel
Berenboim Beethoven-Symphony DVDs. I've been pleased that they haven't
been expensive ($13 at Fry's), but from an audio-engineering
perspective, one thing about their use of surround sound strikes me as
puzzling:

If I were recording such a thing, I'd place the 5 mics within the
orchestra, so that when you listen to it, you get the impression of
being inside the orchestra. Orchestral seating plans vary of course,
but based upon one fairly typical seating approach (just for
illustration), center channel by the violas, left by the 'celli, right
by the violins, right rear by the percussion, and left rear by the
tuba/harp/piano/bass area. That or the right/left mirror image of that.

Maybe that's because I'm fascinated by the performance experience more
than the audience experience, so I want to feel as though I'm among the
performers. Instead, they seem to be using the rear channels strictly
for auditorium ambience, so they have their mics in back of the concert
hall.

Do any of you know of any orchestral surround-sound disks that give you
the sensation that you're within the performers' seats rather than
within the audience seats of the concert hall?