Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall [Live]

Bernadette Peters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B00000GC22
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,542 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Broadway Baby

2. No One Is Alone

3. Sooner Or Later

4. Time Heals Everything

5. Raining In My Heart

6. Some People

7. Johanna

8. Happiness

9. Hello Little Girl

10. Any Moment

11. There Won't Be Trumpets

12. You Could Drive A Person Crazy

13. Not A Day Goes By

14. Being Alive

15. Move On

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars caveat emptor (buyer beware), February 18, 2003

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R. W. Holliston (Victoria, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

This is a great CD and I'd still encourage every Bernadette Peters (and Stephen Sondheim) fan to buy it.
But for some reason, the song "Making Love Alone" is no longer included. It was there on the first pressing, but somehow it's disappeared! It's a song about, well....masturbation, and it was written especially for Bernadette when she hosted Saturday Night Live. Needless to say, she sings it incomparably (for some reason, the song also never seems to have been published in sheet music form).
So, if you've been looking forward to hearing Brenadette sing this song, know that the current issue of this CD does not include it.
Perhaps if enough of us complain to Angel/EMI, this situation will be rectified...

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sondheim and Bernadette Peters - what could be better?, January 26, 2001

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Kristin S. (Vermont, U.S.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

Bernadette Peters is probably the best (and most famous) actress on Broadway today. She deserves every ounce of her reputation.

This CD is a fantastic recording of her sold-out concert. The songs are interspersed with amusing stories -- Bernadette Peters is the consummate performer. With her classic breathy-yet-full tonal quality, she gives new life to these songs. From her coy rendering of "Broadway Baby" to the Ethel-Merman-worthy version of "Some People" to the somewhat bawdy "Making Love Alone" (not listed in the track listing for some reason), Bernadette Peters is in top form. It's really a treat to listen to her.

All of the songs on this CD are enjoyable. But, it is when one of Broadway's best singers takes on Broadway's best composer that the CD becomes really stunning. She performs some of Sondheim's best songs, from "Sweeney Todd," "Into the Woods," "Sunday in the Park with George," "Company" and even the movie "Dick Tracy." The highlight for me has to be her performance of one of my favorite Sondheim songs: Being Alive.

This CD is excellent from opening to closing rounds of applause.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A soon-to-be Classic!!!, September 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)

Bernadette Peters at her very best! She is an incredible performer and this CD ranks up there with other career defining live recordings by Lena Horne, Judy Garland and Shirley Bassey. Peters really comes alive when interpreting the sublime compositions of Stephen Sondheim. She gives vibrant readings of "Some People", "Being Alive" and "Move On". She really shines on the 'Into The Woods' material: "No One Is Alone" is heartbreaking and her medley of "Hello Little Girl" and "Any Moment" is masterful. However, her breathtaking "Johanna" is alone worth the price of the CD. I got this CD in summer of 1998 and it has not left my CD player since. Superb!!!!