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Judy F. (Judy) from JACKSONVILLE, FL
Reviewed on 2/17/2007...

If you like Barbara Streisand, you'll love this album.

Kathleen L. (katlupe) from OXFORD, NY
Reviewed on 12/23/2006...

Great CD!!!!

Barbra Streisand: Barbra-The Concert (1994)

Chad DeFeo | Philadelphia, PA USA | 08/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."

Impressive, but not her best

Chad DeFeo | 10/24/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"While an impressive recording in itself, this is by no means Streisand's best concert performance. That honor still belongs to her 1968 Central Park "happening". Fatal flaws on this recording - absolute lack of spontaneity, too many diva ballads and way too much talk. For sheer versatility and a glimpse of a real talent at its peak, check out her "A Happening in Central Park" CD."