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Summary: A Keeper
Review: At first I was a bit skeptical about a video for my infant. I am a mother of 4 (ages 6, twins 3 & 7 months) and have never even looked at the Baby Einstein library of videos, believing they were too "yuppie" for my kids; however, with my 4th, I bought this one and not only did my infant's eyes light up with the music, sounds and wonderful video, but so did my twin 3 year olds. In addition, I never hear my 6 year old complain about viewing it. I am considering purchasing Baby Mozart at this time.
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Summary: Best of the series for pre-nap or bedtime
Review: My 2 yr. old son loves all the Baby Einstein videos equally, but I especially like this one for pre-nap, or bedtime if he's having a meltdown--somehow it's more soothing than the others. Oh, yes, I find the creator's obsession with filming her own kids annoying, but it doesn't bother my child! Anyway, I definitely recommend buying this particular one for those times when a toddler needs to wind down. P.S. If your child likes this series, you might check out the Bilingual Baby series.
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Summary: My baby's favorite!
Review: We have Baby Bach and Baby Mozart, and Baby Bach is definitely my 11-month-old's favorite! She is captivated by all the music and activity and the pace really holds her interest. I agree that the dragon puppet at the beginning was startling to her when she first watched the tape -- but once she got used to it, it didn't even faze her and I think she actually finds it entertaining now. Maybe watch it with your child the first few times and give her a chance to get used to it. I find it interesting that other reviewers have complained about the segments featuring Julie Aigner-Clark's children -- my daughter is very interested in other children and really enjoys those parts. I highly recommend both Baby Bach and Baby Mozart -- it's a delight to see my baby get so much enjoyment out of watching them.
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Summary: Baby Bach
Review: I have other baby einstein videos, and my 14 month son loves them all except this one... there is a short sequence in the beginning with an opera puppet singing that scares him. It startled me as well to tell the truth, and I can see why he doesn't like it. I meant to edit the sequence out, but after watching the video several times, I find it is really uninspired compared to the others and have decided not to keep it.
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Summary: Too Amateur
Review: I received this video as a gift for my son at birth and was grossly disappointed. The quality of the video was such that I could've taken my own camera and videod his toys to music. I suppose I was expecting more...I'll try Baby Mozart.
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Summary: Great video even for very young babies
Review: Both my children have loved these videos (Baby Bach, Mozart, etc.) since they were about 5 months old. The continued to enjoy them until they were past 2 years. Baby Bach features toys doing what they do (whirling, spinning, rolling) set to Bach music orchestrated for little ears. There's nothing babies love better than watching other babies, and Baby Bach delivers by showing footage of babies and children playing and singing in between the toy performances. Some of my kids' favorites in Baby Bach: the robots, colored blobs floating around in water, and of course, puppets that surprise without frightening.
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Summary: HE LOVES IT!!!!!
Review: THANK YOU, JULIE AINGER-CLARK! My son continues to be delighted by your video collection again & again. He never tires of watching the quirky puppets & toys dancing for his enjoyment. And all of it is choreographed to classical music - WOW! I'd also like to mention your children's CDs are a great way to get him to sleep. Thank you for being in tune with what every new mother needs! I highly recommend this for mothers pulling their hair out with a fussy child.
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Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: This only video of this series we have seen. From the reaction and interest of my 7 month old and 3 year old, I will be getting the other videos. I was skeptical when I received the video as a gift. However, it quickly got my 7month olds attention and kept it throughout the video (except for a couple minutes). It is the only video we have (and we have many) that I don't mind listening to all afternoon.
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Summary: Soothes The Colicky (And Stays a Favorite)
Review: I've had this video and some of the other ones in the series for a couple years now, and my two-and-a-half-year-old son still enjoys it occasionally. When he was very young he was extremely colicky, and sometimes I couldn't do anything to make him stop crying. I discovered that the soothing music and images in this video would very often calm him down. Also, when he was older and would awaken from a nightmare this video was useful in helping him to calm down, more than just sitting with him quietly, because it provided a calming distraction. Besides that, my son really enjoyed watching the video, from before he could sit up until the present, when he can talk about what he is seeing. It shows a fun variety of toys and shapes, which can also serve as a preview of the toys so you can find out which ones you think your child might like to play with. From a parent's perspective, the segments with the kids in it are sort of annoying, and didn't hold my son's interest as much as the other parts of the video, which is why I only gave this 4 stars.
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Summary: Bach doesn't need any help reaching kids.
Review: In a certain sense, as a Bach fanatic, I support anything that exposes kids to his music. So my 1-star rating is a bit awkward in that light. However, I think it well worth pointing out that the music of Bach needs no video embellishment to captivate a child's attention. As a toddler, I was given cassette tapes of Bach's music, and listened to them constantly. In a very real sense, from about age 1 1/2 to 6 I lived *inside* the Brandenburg concertos, preludes, and fugues, and the immersive experience has irrevocably enhanced and deepened my perception and enjoyment of music to this day. So, consider allowing your child to focus on the marvelous harmonic intricacy of Bach without the concurrent distraction of an irrelevant stream of baby photos and implicit toy ads. Who knows? Maybe (s)he will grow up appreciating such music as more than mere auditory "scenery" (to which category Baroque music has largely been relegated in American society).
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