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Amazon Maximum Age: 5 years Amazon Minimum Age: 1 months Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Baby Einstein EAN: 0786936696547 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney Manufacturer Maximum Age: 5 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 1 months Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 07, 2006 Running Time: 41 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney Theatrical Release Date: March 15, 2006 Sales Rank: 16203 MPN: 510023
Product Description: A playful introduction to musical instruments and their sounds! -- Exposes little ones to the sights and sounds of an orchestra -- Features children playing musical instruments
At 12 months, babies can identify specific sounds, and they re also starting to match the sounds they hear with the objects that make them. Meet the OrchestraTM -- First Instruments presents your little "maestro" with a playful introduction to the sights and sounds of a real orchestra -- from the clashing of cymbals to the purring of the cello and everything in between! One of the greatest joys parents experience is the first time their child sings a song or picks up a musical toy and starts to play. Music appreciation begins early, and this resoundingly entertaining program encourages musical exploration with fun puppet shows, captivating real-world images and beautiful music by Beethoven, Brahms, Joplin, Haydn, Mozart and Strauss. It s a great way for you and your little one to start off on the right note!
DVD Features -- Repeat play -- Language tracks (Spanish, French and English) -- Discovery cards -- Toy chest -- Maestro's recital -- Guess the musical instrument -- Puppet shows -- About Little Einsteins (Available in French and English only)
Amazon.com: Adults may think it's too early to teach a baby the difference between a trumpet and a bugle, but Baby Einstein: Meet the Orchestra--First Instruments entertains children with its next music installment. Relying on its tried-and-true formula of bright colors, quick-paced format, and almost no dialogue (except to repeat names and identify groups by section: brass, woodwinds, strings, and so forth), First Instruments flashes the instrument and its name on the screen, demonstrates how it sounds, and shows animated characters, puppets, babies, youth, and grown-ups all performing on (and enjoying) it. It then combines instruments for a few classical numbers. The jazzy rendition of Beethoven's "Fur Elise" is questionable (it would be nicer to teach kids appreciation for the real thing). Bonus features include instrument flash cards, several puppet shows, a featurette teaching more about music, and additional orchestral numbers. A nice diversion for your little maestro-to-be. Ages 1 year and up.--Ellen A. Kim
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Rating: - Meet the Orchestra is great!!!
We first borrowed Meet the Orchestra for our grandson's visit when he was 18 mo. old and he was "glued" to it from beginning to end. We purchased it for his next visit two months later and he was again ... Read More
Rating: - baby einstein
SWIFT RECEIPT OF PRODUCT THAT WAS EXACTLY AS DESCIRBED BY SELLER. GOOD SALE - THIS SELLER IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Rating: - An Insult to Musicians and My Child's Intelligence
I am a professional composer with a Ph.D. in composition and have taught orchestration for many years at the college level. Not that any of this necessarily means anything, but I do take music-related DVDs ... Read More
Rating: - Baby Homer Simpson? DVDs not for babies even if "Einstein" is in the name...
The name "Baby Einstein" lulls parents into thinking it's okay for their babies to watch t.v., but according to the American Academy of Pediatrics babies should NOT be exposed to television AT ALL before they're ... Read More
Rating: - not annoying
I like these videos -- they don't have a bunch of useless chatter, just soothing music and simple video pics.
- Meet the Orchestra is great!!!
- An Insult to Musicians and My Child's Intelligence
- not annoying