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| Baby Einstein - Meet the Orchestra - First Instruments | 
 enlarge | Director: Jim Janicek
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (28 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12454
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 41 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Age: 1 month - 5 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.5 x 5.3 x 7.5
MPN: 510023
UPC: 786936696547
EAN: 0786936696547
ASIN: B000CDGVP8
Release Date: March 7, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: March 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty Boring Video July 1, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This one is just not up to Baby Einstein's quality. It is dull and not really entertaining to toddlers. It's really just a laundry list of instruments, without anything fun and whimsical in between. I was very disappointed.
 Educational and Interesting June 26, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is very educational. The different instruments are explained and it has classical pieces in a baby way.
Excelent title.
Not as good as I hoped May 11, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was SO excited to find out Baby Einstein was making a video about musical instruments! My husband and I were very into playing instruments in school, and we have always planned to encourage our baby to participate in music. I thought, if anything can help get her excited about instruments at 6 months old, it's Baby Einstein!
But I have to say, this video did not meet my expectations. I have many of the complaints other parents have mentioned. While the animation is cute, where are all the puppets? What's with the junior high aged kids that obviously aren't playing the instruments??? I loved the shots of the professional orchestra and marching bands - why were they not shown more? WHY the recorder? What were they thinking omitting the oboe and bass clarinet from the woodwind section? And in the brass section - A BUGLE????? What about the baritone?! Aren't there a dozen more exciting percussion instruments to show than the tambourine - for example, the chimes, the marimba, the gong?
My husband pointed out that kids are more likely to see recorders and bugles before oboes and baritones. I see his point, but let's not dumb down music for kids. Music education is already so in jeopardy. Parents, if your kids show even the slightest interest in this video, please enrich their musical appetite with books, toys, and orchestral music recordings with a more extensive selection of instruments!
All that being said, I give this video 3 stars for at least making the attempt to expose babies to the orchestra.
 A great musical choice! May 8, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Yes, I agree with many of the reviewers that some of the instrument choices are odd and of course, the children are not actually playing the instruments. However, my 20 month old loves it and can name the instruments now when we listen to CD's. I think it's a great introduction and that it definitely appeals to musical-minded children. I actually like the rendition of Fur Elise.
For parents interested in a further introduction to music, I would highly recommend "Music Together" classes which can be found throughout the US. They introduce small children to music and music making.
 Baby Einstein misses the mark- Factual Errors in Meet the Instruments April 23, 2006
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am generally very happy with the Baby Einstein videos but this one is appalling. I have several factual errors to point out.
1) For being titled "Meet the Orchestra", this video spreads mis-information. The saxaphone is rarely used in orchestras as its range is covered by the bassoon and the clarinet. The recorder has not been used in the orchestra since the 17th century- when it was replaced with the far superior flute. Also, to exclude the oboe, one of the most important orchestral instruments is appalling.
2) The guitar is also not a member of the orchestra.
3) The children "demonstrating" the instruments often don't play them. It's as if they gathered a bunch of kids and told them to fake it. There is even a flute player that holds the instrument backwards! Is it impossible to find kids that actually play the instruments that they deomonstrate? I think not. In just about every case, what the people are playing does not match the music coming out of the instrument. Some of the "demonstrators" do actually play the instruments, why not let them play the examples?
I was very disappointed with the accuracy of this video
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