Mozart for Mothers-To-Be: Tender Lullabies for Mother and Child

The songs were carefully chosen for the theme of "mothers-to-be and young children," and then outstanding recordings by legendary artists were used. The quality and performances are outstanding.

You can find these recording on the legendary "Complete Mozart Collection" by Phillips. It's a who's who of classical music superstars. That's how regarded this music is.

Some people would not notice the difference between this quality CD and, say, new-age influenced synthesizer classical music, but the quality difference is important. This is just wonderful music!

What everyone will appreciate is the pleasant selection of music. This is pleasant music for parents and young children, or anyone. Mozart is like that anyway. Everyone likes this Mozart CD, and it's great for kids.

This is an excellent Mozart compilation CD. The selections are very relaxing, and my three week old baby loves nothing more than a walk around the house with "Mozart for Mothers-to-Be" playing in the background.

I greatly prefer this to the Baby Einstein products (e.g. "Baby Mozart"): the arrangements on this CD are much more complex (a bonus for parent and child, in my mind), the performances and sound quality are far superior, and the playing time is nearly twice as long (a much better value).

Baby seems to like it better the more loudly it plays (I think she enjoys the deep bass notes, but she's not saying!), but it works great at quiet volumes also.

I highly recommend it as a soothing, enjoyable CD for kids of all ages.

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   Written on April 25, 2002
   Summary: Wonderful, relaxing music for mom and baby
I fully subscribe to the "Mozart effect" theories and though I may not be guaranteed that my baby will be a genius, it is a wonderful idea to expose your child to something as rich and stimulating as a Mozart divertimento. I know that music made a difference in my life and I want to start my baby out right.
I listen to this CD several times a week, particularly when I sit down and read before bedtime. If nothing else, it is a joy to listen to and wonderful music to relax by. And that is clearly something that will benefit baby.