Title : The Mozart Effect - Music for Babies - Playtime to Sleepytime
Author : Mozart, Leopold
Release Date : 19981013
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $10.98
Amazon.com Price : $8.60
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Buyer Reviews : For REAL Mozart, do not buy this CD. It is sub-par to music standards.
If you're a musician yourself, you will be greatly disappointed by this album. If you are not, and you wish to buy this to help your child, you would have better luck with something else.
You may have heard about 'the Mozart effect,' that widely disputed theory thatlistening to classical music at an early age helps childrens' brains develop better and helps them to grasp complex ideas with a greater ease. Whether or not this theory actually works is not the point, the point is that the quality of the performance and the recording is not very good. You might wonder why this matters if you are only buying it to help your baby get smarter... the answer is simple: if you want your baby to listen to Mozart, why not have him/her listen to a better quality Mozart?
Notice that the works in this album don't have a conducter or performer next to them.
If what you're going for is short melodic excerpts that are easy to listen to for your baby, look up '25 Mozart Favorites.' It has many of the same pieces, but played by actual performing groups with real conducters. Better yet, it's much cheaper! And please, don't stop there - if you discover that you or your child actually like classical music, there is a whole series of 25 pieces on cds with different composers or periods of music. Did you know that the 'Mozart effect' doesn't just apply to Mozart, but most classical composers? It's true!
So, to make your baby smart ,you have to think smart yourself first of all.
