Description
Warner Classics: Mozart for My Baby (Inspiration Series) — Audio CD
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Product Details:
- Product Type: Audio CD
- Brand / Label: Warner Classics (Inspiration series)
- Artists: Leopold Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performers: Manuel Barrueco, Sabine Meyer, Christian Zacharias, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch u.a.
- Release Year: 2010
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Baby / Developmental, Orchestral, Opera, Chamber
- Catalog Number: 50999 6 28142 2 5
- UPC: 5099962814225
- Condition: Factory Sealed
Product Features
- Format: CD
- Discs: 1
- Total Runtime: 70:25
- Audio: Stereo / ADD / DDD
- Language: Instrumental (German/English liner notes)
- Packaging: Standard jewel case, factory shrink-wrapped
Overview
Mozart for My Baby is a warmly curated 70-minute compilation drawing from some of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most recognizable and soothing works — plus Leopold Mozart's playful Kinder-Sinfonie (Toy Symphony) to open the disc. The selection spans orchestral serenades, opera arias from Die Zauberflöte, piano and clarinet chamber works, and the famous Wiegenlied, all chosen for their gentle melodic character.
Scientific interest in the so-called "Mozart Effect" has made compilations like this genuinely popular beyond novelty: there's real research suggesting that Mozart's particular harmonic patterns engage developing auditory systems. Whether you're buying for that reason or simply want beautiful, unhurried music at home during the newborn months, this disc delivers 70 minutes of consistently lovely material.
The performers here are far from background-music filler. Herbert von Karajan, Christian Zacharias, Sabine Meyer, and Manuel Barrueco are serious names — the kind of cast that makes this a proper classical recording, not just a themed budget release. Warner Classics issued it under their Inspiration imprint in 2010, and the sound quality is clean throughout.
Interesting Facts
- The "Mozart Effect" was popularized by a 1993 study in Nature suggesting that listening to Mozart temporarily improved spatial reasoning — a finding that sparked decades of follow-up research and an entire genre of baby-classical releases.
- Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) was Wolfgang's father and a respected composer in his own right; the Kinder-Sinfonie (Toy Symphony) attributed to him uses toy instruments including a cuckoo and a quail whistle.
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), from which seven tracks here are drawn, was Mozart's final opera, premiered just two months before his death in December 1791.
- "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (Serenade No. 13 in G, KV 525), closing the disc with over 17 minutes of music, is among the most frequently performed pieces in the Western classical canon.
- Sabine Meyer, the clarinetist on KV 581, was famously the subject of a public dispute when Herbert von Karajan sought to have her join the Berlin Philharmonic in the early 1980s — the orchestra's rejection of her became an international story.
- The Wiegenlied included here (KV 350, "Schlafe, mein Prinzchen") was long attributed to Mozart but is now considered likely written by Bernhard Flies; it remains one of the most beloved lullabies in the classical repertoire.
Track Listing
Leopold Mozart: 1–3. Kinder-Sinfonie / Toy Symphony — 11:01
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
- Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja · Die Zauberflöte — 2:37
- Das klinget so herrlich (Sklavenchor) · Die Zauberflöte — 0:44 6–11. Sechs Arien aus Die Zauberflöte (arr. for guitar by F. Sor) — 9:30
- Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen · Die Zauberflöte — 3:52
- Klinge, Glöckchen klinge… Pa-pa-pa-pa… · Die Zauberflöte — 3:19
- Klaviersonate Nr. 11 A-dur KV 331 – III. Rondo alla turca — 3:42
- Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein · Wiegenlied KV 350 — 3:20
- Klarinettenquintett KV 581 – II. Adagio — 6:31
- Variationen über die Arie „Das klinget so herrlich" (F. Sor) — 8:12 18–21. Serenade Nr. 13 KV 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik" — 17:44
Total: 70:25
Publishers
Released by Warner Classics in 2010 as part of the Inspiration series. A Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH compilation. Manufactured and printed in the EU.
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