Timeless: Live in Concert [Limited Edition, Live]

Barbra Streisand | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (September 19, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition, Live
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004HYMU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #887,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Opening/You'll Never Know

2. Something's Coming

3. The Way We Were

4. Shirley MacLaine Y1k

5. Cry Me a River

6. Lover, Come Back to Me

7. A Sleepin' Bee

8. Miss Marmelstein

9. I'm the Greatest Star/Second Hand Rose/Don't Rain on My Parade [Medley]

10. Something Wonderful/Being Alive [Medley]

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Entr'acte

2. Putting It Together

3. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)

4. Send in the Clowns

5. Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy/Guilty/I Finally Found Someone

6. Sing/I've Got a Crush on You

7. Technology [Dialogue]

8. The Clicker Blues

9. Simple Pleasures

10. The Main Event/Fight

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Barbra Streisand's Timeless: Live from the MGM Grand is not merely a career retrospective--it's a life retrospective, and a show rather than a concert. The opening scene is 1955, with a young singer (ably played by Lauren Frost) finding her voice. As she wistfully begins "Something's Coming," the grown-up Streisand joins in to an electrifying ovation and proceeds to take us on a journey through her life: the torchy period ("A Sleepin' Bee"), the Broadway period ("Don't Rain on My Parade"), the movie period ("Evergreen"), the Sondheim period ("Putting It Together"), and the James Brolin period ("I've Dreamed of You"). She also recalls through video clips several duets before she sings "I've Got a Crush on You" with a clip of Frank Sinatra, and debuts a new song by Marvin Hamlisch and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, "Simple Pleasures," then counts us down to the new year (or new millennium, depending on your math).

It's titled Timeless, but this long-awaited double CD is already somewhat dated, having been recorded in Las Vegas on December 31, 1999, and January 1, 2000, but not released until September 2000, by which time the Y2K jokes are already quaint. Also, the extensive monologues and acted-out sequences might wear a bit upon repeated listenings. But when you hear such familiar fare as "Something Wonderful" and "Alfie" and immediately forget anyone else who has ever sung them, you'll realize that it's the singer and her signature songs that are indeed timeless. If Streisand has in fact decided to stop performing live, then at least we have this document to remind us of how great a treasure she is. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

70 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STILL THE GREATEST STAR, September 19, 2000

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NYC Music Lover (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timeless: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

Face it, either you like Barbra Streisand or you don't. There isn't much of a gray area here; this passionate woman has always aroused passion in other people, be it positive or negative. This review is for those of you who like, love, adore, WORSHIP Miss Babs. The rest of you can stop here and go back to your Kid Rock CDs, heaven help you.

This wonderful 2 CD set was recorded last December 31/January 1st at the arrival of the New Millennium. Sounding more "live" than most live CD's you hear these days, it finds our Mrs. Brolin in wonderful voice and spirits, breezing her way through a program of hits and less familiar chestnuts. The audience response is rapturous, as would be expected. (I mean, who would spend all that money on tickets and sit on their hands?) And Barbra gives them what they came for, and much more. Alongside such evergreens (sorry) as "The Way We Were", "Papa Can You Hear Me" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" are absolutely

gorgeous versions of "Alfie", "I've Got A Crush On You" (sung with a tape of Frank Sinatra), and some songs which longtime fans will remember from her earliest, pre-"Funny Girl" days. These numbers will prove to be the high points of the CD for many. There is a smoldering "Cry Me A River", a jazzy "Lover Come Back To Me", a still funny (though truncated) version of her showstopper "Miss Marmelstein", and best of all, a beautiful rendition of Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's "A Sleepin Bee", the song which won Barbra her first ever singing engagement at The Lion in Greenwich Village some 40 years ago. This version, complete with the verse, is worth the price of the CD alone. Here you hear all the warmth and beauty of this legendary voice, along with the exquisite phrasing that is hers alone.

Some may quibble that there is too much between songs patter (and this writer wouldn't disagree), and that a few more songs could have been added to the show, but that's a minor complaint at best. When was the last time you put on a CD and were truly moved by what you heard? From the "Funny Girl" medley to the poignant new song "Every Time You Hear Auld Lang Syne", this is the absolute best from an artist whose best is sublime. So pick up this CD, turn off your phone, pour yourself a glass of wine, and spend an intimate evening with Barbra. She is truly ageless and evergreen.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Streisand Performance!!!, September 29, 2000

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crude101 (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timeless: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

Barbra Streisand's Latest release is HOT!!! Performing all her hits from her first recordings to Broadway to movies and duets- this is a collection of her material from the beginning of her career to present day.

It's amazing that she sounds better than ever before- the jokes, the songs, the guest singers (like Lauren Frost) and she still sings at that light speed trademark energetic powerhouse style evident in songs like 'Don't Rain on My Parade' to emotive slow ballads like 'Alfie' and 'The Way We Were'...

If you missed this truly TIMELESS concert- or her comeback show in 1994, get this CD and relive the magical voice of this evergreen singer.

Just one gripe- Barbra's Ego shows up every now and then but then again, that's our Barbra!

Something wonderful indeed!

32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb cd and packaging!, September 19, 2000

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Jason N Siergey (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timeless: Live in Concert (Audio CD)

If you get this CD at your local Barnes and Nobles, you can get an extra CD "Come Rain or Come Shine" from her 2000 Australia concert. Otherwise, the CD is lovely designed, and the booklet is filled with wonderful pictures!

Listening to this CD... it makes me feel like I am actually at the concert. (I wish I was!!! Sounds soo much fun to be there!) :)

Streisand still have her energy to bring out the best of her ... She also brought out one of her best friend, Shirley Maclaine; Im glad she included her on the CD. Funny and wonderful track on this cd! You will have to find out what im talking about...

Streisand includes her oldies-- "Cry Me A River", "A Sleeping Bee", "Miss Marmelstein", and many others!!!

This CD also have duets by Sinatra, Diamonds, Dion, Adams, Gibb, and of course, the audience with Auld Lang Syne! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!

Dont miss this one out!!! Streisand fans, add this CD to your collections!

I just cant wait for the DVD of this CD to come out in a year or two!!!

Happy Days!