Barbra: The Concert [Live]

Barbra Streisand | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 1994
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AME
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,128 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Barbra Streisand: Barbra-The Concert (1994), August 19, 2005

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Chad DeFeo "(ChandlerBingFan)" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barbra: The Concert (Audio CD)

In September of 1994, Barbra Streisand released her thirty-fourth album entitled, BARBRA: THE CONCERT. This album is her fourth live concert album to date. When Barbra had released her first three live concert albums in 1968, 1972, & 1987, they all took up only one disc, since Barbra did not perform as many songs in concert. But this live album takes up two discs, since Barbra has performed many more his than before, as well as having a few more conversation pieces, than the first three times round. A great live album and very personal.

Disc One

OVERTURE

Nothing special.

AS IF WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE

From the album BACK TO BROADWAY (1993). This song is very beautiful and it was the perfect choice to open this live album.

OPENING REMARKS

Conversation piece.

Medley: I'M STILL HERE/EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T/DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE

"I'm Still Here": New song. "Everybody Says Don't" From the album BACK TO BROADWAY (1993). "Don't Rain On My Parade" From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack FUNNY GIRL (1968). Great medley.

CAN'T HELP LOVIN' THAT MAN

From the album THE BROADWAY ALBUM (1985). Great song.

I'LL KNOW

From the album SIMPLY STREISAND (1967). Great.

PEOPLE

From the album PEOPLE (1964). She sings this beautifully here.

LOVER MAN

New song. Great.

THERAPIST DIALOGUE #1

Nothing special.

WILL HE LIKE ME?

From the album PEOPLE (1964). Great.

THERAPIST DIALOGUE #2

Nothing special.

HE TOUCHED ME

From the album MY NAME IS BARBRA, TWO... (1965). Great.

EVERGREEN

From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack A STAR IS BORN (1976). Beautifully sung here.

THERAPIST DIALOGUE #3

Nothing special.

THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY

From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack A STAR IS BORN (1976). Great.

ON A CLEAR DAY (YOU CAN SEE FOREVER)

From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (1970). Still a classic song after all these years.

Disc Two

ENTR'ACTE

Nothing special.

THE WAY WE WERE

From the album THE WAY WE WERE (1974). From the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack THE WAY WE WERE (1974). This song is one Barbra's most beautiful and she sings it as she sung the original.

YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS (Solo Version)

From the album SONGBIRD (1978). Great.

LAZY AFTERNOON

From the album LAZY AFTERNOON (1975). Great song.

Disney Medley: ONCE UPON A DREAM/WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR/SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME

New song. Beautiful renditions to these Disney classics.

NOT WHILE I'M AROUND

From the album THE BROADWAY ALBUM (1985). Great.

ORDINARY MIRACLES

New song. Great.

YENTL Medley: WHERE IS IT WRITTEN?/PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?/WILL SOMEONE EVER LOOK AT ME THAT WAY/A PIECE OF SKY

All songs from the original motion picture & motion picture soundtrack YENTL (1983). Beautiful. All of these songs are just amazingly beautiful.

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

From the album THE BARBRA STREISAND ALBUM (1963). Great.

MY MAN

From the album MY NAME IS BARBRA (1965). Great.

FOR ALL WE KNOW

New song. Great.

SOMEWHERE

From the album THE BROADWAY ALBUM (1985). Still Barbra's most beautiful cover to date.

This album is very, as I said before, personal. If you would like to have BARBRA: THE CONCERT, Barbra Streisand's fourth concert album, then you better make sure you all get it if you don't have it already. Time is not going by any slower, you all know.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be biased, listen to the music!, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barbra: The Concert (Audio CD)

I think some of the other reviewers either missed the point or let their personal feelings about Ms. Streisand bias their review. Streisand has always been controversial in the public's eye, but this album should not be judged on how you personally feel about the artist. The truth is that this Barbra finest album of the 90's. After many over produced studio albums that left her voice buried in the background, Streisand wisely keeps the arrangements subtle and frees her fabulous voice (still the best there is) and gives fans what they were hoping for.

The previous remarks about "self love" are silly. Streisand offers us a rare and intimate look into her past and feelings. This is simply the most open she has ever been to her fans. And we love her for it.

***Oh, yes. I just wanted to clear something up. The last reviewer refered to Streisand's 1983 film YENTL as a "flop." Just to let you know, YENTL was made on a budget of about $14 million and instantly made back it's money. To this day (counting it's original theactrical intake of $30 million plus video rentals) Yentl has grossed over $50 million in the US alone! Maybe it wasn't a blockbuster, but it was a surprise hit all the same.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home at Last: A VOICE that is heaven sent, March 25, 2006

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betty-bette "betty" (ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barbra: The Concert (Audio CD)

Even on this later career performance, the voice of Streisand is crisp clear and moving as no other. Her instrument is a little glimpse of heaven. The tweaked opening number As If We Never Said Goodbye is AMAZINGLY PERFECT selection. Her performance is unbelievable. Of course this is true of each song. How she kept this up for a couple of hours with no errors in beyond the imagination. The banter in between with the audience and fictional therapists is equally entertaining. The Concert is an album you can listen to over and over and never tire of.