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Rating:  - I agree w/ the others, Baby Mozart is FAR better.
I agree with the other reviewers, Baby Mozart is the best of the series. The problem with Baby Bach, Baby Santa's Music Box (the two others I have seen so far) is that there are scenes with children in them. My daughter is not at all interested in the people scenes for some reason. She loves all the movement and all the toys, and in the Bach series, there simply aren't as many moving toy scenes. (Same goes for Baby Santa which is definitely the WORST of Baby Einstein.)I think the thing that bothers me the most about Baby Bach is that Julie Clark puts her children in it, and frankly, I find it to be the MOST annoying part of the show, thank goodness it's only for a few minutes. Trying too hard to be cutesy, believe me, it's not at all cute. In buying the Baby Einsten tapes / DVDs (in general) I didn't know what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised at my daughters reaction. She is captivated by the (moving) scenery, it's amazing to see a five month old so interested, I almost want to videotape her watching it, yes it's that cute. And I think you will be thrilled, too, when you see your child interact. Should you buy this one? Sure, it's one of the better Baby Einstein tapes, but it's not the best. I think the original Baby Mozart is by far the best. They should stick to the original format.
Rating:  - If Daddy/Mommy can play Bach, then baby will love it
Daddy is a professional guitar player. He can play Bach on his guitar, but not Mozart - at least he doesn't try, and I haven't found a Fingerpicking Mozart book for him. Anyway, our son loves this video more than Mozart and Einstein - probably because he recognizes the Minuet in G and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring selections that his Daddy plays to him on the guitar. As for the creator's daughters appearing in this video more than the others, well our son loves those parts. He laughs and shrieks with joy when he see them. He also talks to them - he started doing this as soon as he could make noises. He is a bit of a flirt... If the creator had a son, I'm pretty sure you would see him on her videos. Our son also seems to prefer the visuals in this one, at least he watches them more. I guess the images are more of a psychadelic nature - they are mesmerizing, which suits him just fine. It's also one of the few videos he doesn't fall asleep on, Einstein knocks him out every time.
Rating:  - not Baby Mozart, but will do for variety
Our 6 month old (very fussy) son absolutely adores Baby Mozart, and we were so relieved to have found something that calmed him down 100% of the time that we bought Baby Bach and Baby Einstein. I heartily agree with those who say that Baby Bach is a big step down from Baby Mozart--the "timing" (balance of images/music intervals) isn't as good, the toys aren't as interesting to watch and the toys are not as well matched to the music. Furthermore, the "jazzed up" arrangements of the Bach music didn't strike me as very appealing to babies, and (like other reviewers) my baby and I get totally bored by the images of the creators' kids telling jokes, jumping around, and generally hamming it up for the camera. It seemed to me as if they ran out of ideas, so they decided to just film their kids for a while and edit those segments in. Though I'm a big Bach fan myself, I think the tiniest tykes might not find his music as engaging as Mozart's (at least not the selections they chose), and that may be another problem with this video. That said, we are afraid that someday soon our little one will get tired of Baby Mozart, so Baby Bach will do for variety. I'm not sorry we bought it, but I hope that the video's producers will wait until they have enough new and good ideas before producing another video, rather than slapping together a production like Baby Bach.
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