Mozart For Your Mind - Boost Your Brain Power

I now have acquited a few of the cds from Philips's set your life to music series, and I like all of them. The music in this one is much faster paced than any of the others I have acquired so far, though. I think that whence most people think of classical music, this is exactly the sort of music they imagine.

I would not recommend it late in the evening or whence trying to concentrate on a difficult book or task or whence trying to hold a conversation as it is, in my opinion, too loud and too complex in structure and form to be conducive to such things.

On the other hand, it is perfect for getting your pulse going whilst doing something physical that you may wish to hurry through, especially chores such as folding the laundry or washing the dishes. Who is to say that Mozart would have minded anyone using this music to help speed along such dreary and mundane tasks?

The music certainly seems reflective of the precise type of personality Mozart was said to have had, and in my mind's eye I see the actor from the film "Amadeus" as I listen to this cd. I bet a lot of people have fun "conducting" the air with a pencil or some such thing whilst listening to this cd. Overall, it is a nice cd.

I started listening to this when I had to cram for an exam the other day. I couldn't stop listening to it, and when it came time for the test, I wish my professor could have let me listen to it while I was taking the test!
All the pieces are upbeat, while at the same time not distracting.

In Mozart for Your Mind, the best of Mozart's interpreters, giants such as Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida and Jeffrey Tate, and John Eliot Gardener and the English Baroque Soloists, create a fiery and spirited playlist of some of Mozart's most exciting contributions to the classical repertoire. While you may be familiar with some of the pieces, there are some surprises here that will only help you cement a love, respect, and admiration for the genius that was Mozart.

it's a nice cd (great classical music of course), but you know, your mind can only take it so many times... I think I'm going to move on to MORE mozart for your mind

The two works on this CD that are most known are The Magic Flute Overture, which is filled with brilliance from measure one to the end, and the opening piece to the movie Amadeus, the G Minor Symphony. These two pieces are superb but just because they are more known, doesn't mean they are better than the rest of the works on this CD.
The Sonata in D Major for two pianos is incredibly brilliant. The first piano holds the main melody while the second piano mimicks it, and then a huge crescendo and BOOM! It is all over the place! (My father and I are both Pianists, and we both specialize in Mozart piano concertos and sonatas.) This piece is wonderful to listen to, and I plan to learn it. The three piano concertos are also spectacular and the Jupiter Finale is superb. There isn't a piece on this CD I can honestly say is even close to okay, they are all exceptionally good. I suggest buying this CD to add to your mozart collection.