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| Mozart for Your Mind | 
 enlarge | Creators: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Colin Davis, Jeffrey Tate, John Eliot Gardiner, Neville Marriner, English Baroque Soloists, English Chamber Orchestra, Quartetto Italiano, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-fields, London Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Brendel, Ingrid Haebler, Ludwig Hoffmann, Mitsuko Uchida, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
Label: Philips
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21121
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 446377
UPC: 028944637724
EAN: 0028944637724
ASIN: B0000041CB
Release Date: January 17, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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"MY FAVORITE MOZART CD" May 23, 2000
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
For some reason I got confused with "Mozart Makes You Smarter" and "Mozart for Your Mind". I actually condemned customers for giving "Mozart Makes You Smarter" a crummy score when I reviewed it, while the whole time I was thinking of the CD that I truely bought, "Mozart For Your Mind". "Mozart For Your Mind" has an excellent selection of works by this eighteenth-century genius, and I was never bored. On the other hand, I think I would of been greatly dissapointed if I had listened to the CD I was wrongfully praising. Almost all of the tracks on there are slow and tranquil. One review mentioned that the "Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos", which supposedly helped a couple people to do well on a test, wasn't on "Mozart Makes You Smarter". But it is included on "Mozart For your Mind", so I strongly recommend it. Not only for the sonata for two pianos, but the other concertos, symphonies, and chamber music as well. It is truely my favorite.
 A decent selection of Mozart's greatest uptempo hits May 10, 2000
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
"You'll come for the Magic Flute Overture -- you'll stay for some of the other pieces." This CD, despite its "all-star" selection of repertoire, is not the favorite among my growing Mozart collection. Nevertheless, it still holds a reasonably high position among my CD playlist. High enough that I can put it on as background music when I'm working, but I cannot stand to listen to the whole thing when my mind wants to concentrate more on the music. Blasphemy, you say? Well, I enjoyed all the tracks equally at first, but as I collected more Mozart CDs and became more acquainted with his style, some of the tracks on this album grew weary from repeated playing. The movements from the Two-Piano Sonata, the Haffner Symphony, the Wind Serenade, and the "other" G minor Symphony (track 7) were the first to start grating on my ears. These are perhaps the "bottom of the barrel" on the CD -- melodic tracks that serve as a good introduction to Mozart's style, but are certainly not his greatest works. However, most of the other tracks are solid material that you can listen to again and again. The Magic Flute Overture (which I mentioned earlier) is the star selection of this album; it's a true masterpiece which benefits from a spirited performance. The selections from the Piano Concertos are also my personal favorites, and no-one can resist the triumphant Finale from the Jupiter Symphony. But is it really "for your mind"? Well, if you think that you can gain several IQ points (or a few more A's on your report card) by simply listening to this CD, think again. Mozart won't make you smarter. Hard work and study will. Think of this CD as a "study aid" -- you can put it on while you're working, and the pleasant effect of the music will improve the efficiency of your thought processes. And of course, you'll become more musically knowledgable at the same time! Highly recommended for beginning Mozart enthusiasts, and fans of classical music in general.
Wonderful! April 6, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I absolutely loved this cd. It is a wonderful collection of songs, most of them new to me. I have to say that without a doubt track number 5 is the hands down best of all of them. The clarity of these pieces is astounding. I highly reccommend it.
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