Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It)

Bernadette Peters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B0009X75DS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's good, but it could have been much better, September 3, 2005

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Melissa Niksic (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It) (Audio CD)

If you love Bernadette Peters, you'll love this CD. However, her original Carnegie Hall album is much better than this one. I will never understand why they didn't release the entire concert as a double CD in 1997 (especially since a full-length DVD of the performance has been available for years). Instead they picked the best highlights from the show for the first CD, and then eight years later they decided to throw the rest of the selections onto another CD. The result is that both CDs lack continuity and the first CD is much better than this one. That being said, however, this IS Bernadette Peters we're talking about, and there is no such thing as a "weak" Bernadette Peters performance. The songs on "Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It)" are all classic Bernadette, and they're all fabulous: "Unexpected Song" and "Children Will Listen" are two of my favorites, along with the lovely encore of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas." The album would be even better, however, if it had been released eight years ago along with the rest of the songs that Bernadette performed during that memorable concert at Carnegie Hall.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost BETTER than the first one!, September 1, 2005

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Dvarg (Drammen Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It) (Audio CD)

I really love Bernadette Peters singing Sondheim. She is also one of the very few singers I'd listen to for voice alone when the material isn't that interresting in itself.

Here we have a few more Sondheim tunes - "Later" is worth the price of the album itself. "I Believe In You" have been recorded other places, but not as beautiful as here. "With So Little To Be Sure Of" is a gorgeous song, here combined with the more dull "Children Will Listen".

Of all Peters' renditions I've heard of "Unexpected Song", I think this is the best. It is one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest songs.

The rest of the album consists of less interresting material, but is still awfully nice to listen to. As with the first Sondheim, Etc, I'd recommend getting to know the songs in their original context, then immediately buy this gem!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a voice!, March 14, 2007

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This review is from: Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It) (Audio CD)

We were fortunate enough to see Bernadette in concert in Medford, Oregon, and loved her performance. We couldn't wait to order both of her Carnegie Hall CDs. We were not disappointed. Wow, what a voice that lady has been blessed with!