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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:  - Less than enthusiastic
Despite other negative reviews, we bought this tape because our 14 mo. old LOVES Baby Einstein and Baby Mozart. We're sorry we bought it. Baby Bach has a similar format to the first 2 videos in the series but you would think that someone entirely different created the video. It is slow paced, the toys are less vibrant and the music selections are less than energetic. This would be more appropriate for very young babies to view before bedtime. However, my daughter, who will stare at most anything on the television, completely ignored this video. It would seem that the creators sacrificed quality to get another video out quickly. But never fear...Baby Shakespeare is excellent! If you have to make a choice...skip this one. Otherwise, I'm sure it would help for the sake of having some variety.
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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