Baby Mozart-Music to Stimulate Your Baby's Brain

Editorial Reviews
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Those who are skeptical of the classical-music-for-kids genre will surely scoff at these 15 Mozart selections, most of which are under two minutes. But these are clearly tracks created for the youngest of children, as the age-range recommendation of 1 to 36 months in the liner notes indicates. So the keyboard orchestrations, which veer unmistakably away from the organic sounds of an orchestra or acoustic instrumentation (except when a vibraphone or glockenspiel is present), might indeed sound tepid and washed out. But the ideal is to create an atmosphere in which an infant's sense of space and awareness of the interrelationships of sounds are stimulated. The music is lively and colorful but has a proscribed color range, which isn't the worst thing to have an infant exposed to. The accompanying video of the same name draws raves from Amazon.com customers for its ability to wow babies, and that, coupled with undeniable, aurally evident kinesis in the sound, make this at least an attractive item in the classical-for-baby catalog. --Andrew Bartlett

Tracks:

'The Magic Flute': Tune Up And Fanfare
K545, 1st Movement: Piano Sonata In C
K330, 1st Movement: Piano Sonata In C
No.1, 8 And 11, K265 - 300e: Variations On 'Ah vous dirai-je, maman'
K576, 3rd Movement: Piano Sonata In D
K299, 1st Movement: Concero For Flute And Harp In C
K331, 3rd Movement: Piano Sonata In A
K545, 2nd Movement: Piano Sonata In C
K448, 1st Movement: Sonata In D For Two Pianos
K330, 3rd Movement: Piano Sonata In C
Divertmento No. 17 In D
K570, 3rd Movement: Piano Sonata In B Flat
K533, 3rd Movement: Piano Sonato In F
K620, Papageno Arias No. 2 And 20: The Magic Flute
K551, 4th Movement: Symphony No.41 In C

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Those who are skeptical of the classical-music-for-kids genre will surely scoff at these 15 Mozart selections, most of which are under two minutes. But these are clearly tracks created for the youngest of children, as the age-range recommendation of 1 to 36 months in the liner notes indicates. So the keyboard orchestrations, which veer unmistakably away from the organic sounds of an orchestra or acoustic instrumentation (except when a vibraphone or glockenspiel is present), might indeed sound tepid and washed out. But the ideal is to create an atmosphere in which an infant's sense of space and awareness of the interrelationships of sounds are stimulated. The music is lively and colorful but has a proscribed color range, which isn't the worst thing to have an infant exposed to. The accompanying video of the same name draws raves from Amazon.com customers for its ability to wow babies, and that, coupled with undeniable, aurally evident kinesis in the sound, make this at least an attractive item in the classical-for-baby catalog. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Choice of music is good, performance is BAD!.......2003-09-30

As a parent you have to depend on other people to help you decide what is good to expose your child to. Unfortunately, the Baby Einstein company is not exposing your child to good music! It is performed by a synthesizer and while some of the songs are played well, many are not.

Their choice of the music to include IS wonderful. They are great works, but they are performed poorly. If you wish to show your child good music DO NOT BUY these CD's! Purchase the songs that are contained on these CD's performed by real musicians, not a computer or synthesizer.

Baby Mozart and Colic.......2000-01-11

We were given this CD as a new baby gift from my boss. It was a hit with my newborn son, that was unfortunately blessed with colic. When he gets upset and is inconsolable with walking, rocking, hugging, and other techniques, we have found this CD to help him relax and fall asleep.

We will all like this not only the baby........1999-11-10

I have already had one of these CD's and we all love it.I have two Grandchildren arriving soon,so I am ordering another.I feel this will be a good stimulant for a baby. We have not been a fan of classical music but this has been a hit.

Captures baby's attention.......1999-11-09

I played this for my grandson when he was only 6 weeks old and it captured his attention. Now that he is 4 months he watches the entire video (~30 minutes) laughs at parts, makes waving hand gestures or just intently watches it. The music is very good, colors and pictures change often to hold his attention without getting bored. I enjoy watching him watch the video.

MOZART STRIKES FALSE CHORD.......1999-07-27

NEW YORK, Jul 22 (Reuters Health) -- The "Mozart effect" -- a reported temporary increase in intelligence after listening to a Mozart piano sonata -- does not hold up in repeat studies, according to a report published in the journal Psychological Science.

There is "little evidence to support basing intellectual intervention programs on the existence of the Mozart effect," according to researchers led by Dr. Kenneth Steele, an assistant professor in the department of psychology at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.

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