Mozart Makes You Smarter

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), George Szell (Conductor), Hartmut Haenchen (Conductor), Rafael Kubelik (Conductor), Leonard Bernstein (Conductor), Marlboro Festival Woodwind Ensemble (Performer), Budapest Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra (Performer), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Performer), L'Archibudelli (Performer), Members of the Cleveland Orchestra (Orchestra), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Chamber Orchestra "Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach" (Orchestra), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Cleveland Orchestra (Orchestra), New York Philharmonic (Orchestra), Robert Casadesus (Performer), Glenn Gould (Performer), Andreas Haefliger (Performer), Robert Fizdale (Performer), Arthur Gold (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Marlboro Festival Woodwind Ensemble, Budapest Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, L'Archibudelli, Robert Casadesus, et al.
• Orchestra: Members of the Cleveland Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra "Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach", Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, et al.
• Conductor: George Szell, Hartmut Haenchen, Rafael Kubelik, Leonard Bernstein
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (August 23, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002APA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,790 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Nobody Knows Enough to be a Pessimist", August 10, 2004

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C. McAllister (Canton, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart Makes You Smarter (Audio CD)

I am an elementary school teacher and have played this CD in the background in my classroom for several years. I can't say that it has made my students smarter in math, English, or science, but it has made them smarter in music. And who knows...maybe it does stimulate the development of a certain area of the brain in young children that doesn't get stimulated by other forms of learning. It certainly hasn't made them dumber. The one positive thing I have noted about the affect of this music: my students are much calmer, more relaxed, and much more cooperative when it is playing.

5.0 out of 5 stars sublime, March 21, 2008

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Richard Arnold "book and music lover" (Hamilton, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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I entered college a few years ago at the age of 42 as a student of anatomy and kinesiology.I needed all the help I could get! I dearly love classical music - Mozart being my favorite. This beautiful music, which I listened to many times while studying, may have really helped. I ended-up graduating "Cum Laude." Was my success due to listening to Mozart? You decide, but I think listening may have impacted my learning. I highly recommend this disc.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Blatant attempt to capitalize on flawed psych research, September 17, 1998

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This review is from: Mozart Makes You Smarter (Audio CD)

This CD is an example of the rush to capitalize on a recent psychological publication which found increases in subjects spatial IQ scores after listening to 10 minutes of Mozart's sonata for 2 pianos in D Major (K.448). The choice of tracks on this disk must be based on some adhoc criterion as only one Mozart piece was investigated in the study and this doesn't even appear on this disk! Nevertheless, subsequent studies have failed to replicate this finding. Mozart doesn't make you smarter!