Back to Brooklyn

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

Recorded live on October 11 and 13, 2012 at Brooklyn's Barclay Center, Back to Brooklyn features vocal legend Barbra Streisand performing on the first night of her world tour. The event marked the first time Streisand had performed in her hometown since embarking on her storied career. The concert also marked the infamously stage-shy Streisand's first live performance since her intimate 2009 Greenwich Village show, One Night Only: Streisand at the Village Vanguard. Backed by a 65-piece orchestra led by conductor Bill Ross, and featuring special guests -- trumpeter Chris Botti, vocal trio Il Volo, and her son, Jason Gould (who has clearly been blessed with the same God-given talent as his mom) -- Streisand performed a bevy of her biggest hits and favorite songs, many of which she has never performed live. Included here are such Streisand standards as the Marvin Hamlisch/Alan & Marilyn Bergman "The Way We Were," the Oscar-winning "Evergreen," and "Don't Rain on My Parade," from Streisand's 1968 film debut, Funny Girl. Similarly, we get superb renditions of several other notable Streisand numbers including "The Way He Makes Me Feel," from the Yentl soundtrack, and "People," also from Funny Girl. Elsewhere, Streisand delves into a handful of standards including "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "You're the Top," and "What'll I Do"/"My Funny Valentine," featuring gorgeous accompaniment from Botti. In her seventies at the time of recording, and with a lifetime of experience and skills to bring to the table, Streisand has graduated from stage & screen diva to grande dame of traditional vocal pop. Besides a minor but delightful uptick in her vocal grit (a quality she's always used to some extent to give her voice character) Streisand's resonant vocal chops are in top form throughout the Back to Brooklyn concert. Ultimately for Streisand, as well as for her fans, Back to Brooklyn isn't just a return to the stage, it's a coming home. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	11/25/2013
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0888430019522

Tracks

1. I Remember Barbra, Pt. 1
2. As If We Never Said Goodbye
3. Nice 'n' Easy/That Face
4. The Way He Makes Me Feel
5. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
6. Didn't We
7. Marvin Hamlisch Intro
8. The Way We Were/Through the Eyes of Love
9. Jule Styne Intro
10. Being Good Isn't Good Enough
11. Rose's Turn/Some People/Don't Rain on My Parade
12. I Remember Barbra, Pt. 2
13. You're the Top
14. What'll I Do/My Funny Valentine
15. Lost Inside of You
16. Evergreen [Love Theme from A Star Is Born]
17. Jason Gould Intro
18. How Deep Is the Ocean
19. People
20. Here's to Life (Intro)
21. Here's to Life
22. Make Our Garden Grow
23. Some Other Time (Intro)
24. Some Other Time

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist
Jason Gould   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Norman Freeman   Percussion
Laura Sherman   Harp
Mark Thrasher   Reeds
Mark Shuman   Cello
Keith O'Quin   Trombone
John "J.R." Robinson   Drums
Larry Di Bello   French Horn
Rick Heckman   Reeds
Scott Lochmus   Director
Il Volo   Featured Artist
Bill Hayes   Percussion
Bob Millikan   Trumpet
Bob Malach   Reeds
Chris Botti   Featured Artist
Carol Pool   Violin
Danny Cahn   Trumpet
Jeff Carney   Bass
Richard Brice   Viola
Dean Parks   Guitar
Randy Waldman   Keyboards
Lawrence Feldman   Reeds
William Ross   Music Direction
Tamir Hendelman   Piano
Lou Marini   Reeds
Antoine Silverman   Violin

Technical Credits

Jeffrey Richman   Writer
Phyllis Molinary   Composer
Guy Harding   Editing
Renata Buser   Personal Assistant
Martin Erlichman   Executive Producer
Elyse Katz   Supervising Producer
Scott Lochmus   Producer
Tom Ucciferri   Stage Manager
Stefani Cohen   Associate Director
Eileen Bernstein   Producer
Monique Impagliazzo   Personal Assistant
Tracy Quinn   Personal Assistant
Artie Butler   Composer
Kim Skalecki   Personal Assistant
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer
Steve Colby   Mixing
Betty Comden   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Christopher Hampton   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Marvin Hamlisch   Composer
Don Black   Composer
Jason Gould   Duet
Doug Sax   Mastering
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Charlie Midnight   Composer,Lyricist
Marilyn Bergman   Composer,Lyricist
Dave Reitzas   Mixing,Editing,Engineer
Jay Landers   Writer,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Liner Notes,Music Supervisor
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Lew Spence   Composer
Richard Wilbur   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Michel Legrand   Composer
Adolph Green   Composer
Alan Bergman   Composer,Lyricist
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Paul Williams   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Carole Bayer Sager   Composer
Leon Russell   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Barbra Streisand   Writer,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Richard Jay-Alexander   Writer