UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child

Claude Debussy (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Alan Hovhaness (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Marcel Tournier (Composer), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Arthur Fiedler (Conductor), Vladimir Spivakov (Conductor), Andrew Litton (Conductor), Leonard Slatkin (Conductor), James Galway (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler, Vladimir Spivakov, Andrew Litton, Leonard Slatkin, James Galway
• Composer: Claude Debussy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, et al.
• Audio CD (April 13, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B00000IIUP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,441 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

  #2 in	Music > Opera & Vocal > Languages > French
  #1 in	Music > Classical > Featured Composers, A-Z > ( H ) > Hovhaness, Alan
  #1 in	Music > Classical > Instruments > Strings > Harp

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

While many hospitals across the country send new mums and babes home equipped with discs of classical music to soothe and gently stimulate babies' tender minds, Ultrasound brings together a delightfully well-rounded set specifically chosen for those still in the womb. Expectant moms will appreciate the effects of the mellow strains of Bach's Suite No. 3, the delicate playfulness of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy," and Mozart's proven-to-make-you-smart Sonata for Two Pianos featuring André Previn. Debussy's "Clair de lune" is especially lovely as conducted and fluted by James Galway, and Leontyne Price is a warm blanket of comfort giving voice to Schubert's "Ave Maria." Indeed, these songs are aural balm to both parent and child long after birth. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent music for baby..., December 28, 2002

By	Aileen Lagcao-Diaz (San Francisco, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child (Audio CD)

I bought this CD when I was 4 months pregnant with my first baby, Irene. From that time on, every single day, I would religiously listen to the music and let my baby listen to it, too(through earphones taped to my tummy.) Now that Irene is 4 months old, we both still listen to it frequently, and her response to the music is as if she knows the songs by heart! I believe it has also made my child more attentive and intelligent as a baby, even as a newborn. I love this CD, and will treasure it as one best purchases I made for my daughter and for myself.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Play in utero, sooths out utero, February 7, 2006

By	K. Vesper "Sound Advisor" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child (Audio CD)

My wife put the headphones from her portable CD player on her pregnant belly every night before bed. "Ultrasound" played for 30 minutes to an hour every night to our unborn son. Once he was born he'd sometimes get cranky in the car. We'd turn this CD on and he'd INSTANTLY settle down. It was amazing. He's 15 months old now and it still calms him down after a frustrating car ride, and he goes down for naps like a champ with this CD playing. I HIGHLY recommend this technique to all pregnant mothers!

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very soothing, pregnant or not!, November 17, 2002

By	"mom-2-lauren" (Augusta, Maine United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UltraSound - Music for the Unborn Child (Audio CD)

We purchased this CD with the intention of using it for relaxation during natural childbirth using the Bradley method. That didn't work out so well... (that's another story!)

But, I found this CD very relaxing during the pregnancy and we use it just as often now in the nursery. Just a nice selection of classical tunes.