One Night Only Live [Blu-Ray]

Barbra Streisand

Overview

Pop diva Barbra Streisand makes a rare concert appearance in this special, headlined and shot on September 26, 2009, at New York City's Village Vanguard. Mounted in honor of the release of Streisand's album Love is the Answer (which hit stores on the very same day that the concert was shot), the set presents a combination of tunes from that record ("In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "The Gentle Rain," "Some Other Time") and Streisand favorites ("Evergreen," "The Way We Were.") The location bears special significance for Barbra, as one of the venues she first performed at, as a teenager in the late 1950s; appropriately, a number of folks associated with both that club, and with Streisand's decades-long career, turn up to show their appreciation, including Lorraine Gordon, widow of Village Vanguard founder Max Gordon; Streisand manager Marty Erlichman; and Rick Edelstein, the waiter who arranged Barbra's first audition at the Vanguard. Many celebrities also turn up to voice appreciation, including Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nicole Kidman.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/04/2010
UPC:	0886976366896
Original Release:	2010
Source:	Sony
Sound:	[stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	26,614

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand	Primary Artist
Barbra Streisand	Performer

Technical Credits

Phyllis Molinary	Composer
Marvin Hamlisch	Composer
Johnny Mandel	Composer
Lorenz Hart	Composer
David Mann	Composer
Betty Comden	Composer
Bob Hilliard	Composer
Marilyn Bergman	Composer
Leonard Bernstein	Composer
Rod McKuen	Composer
Jule Styne	Composer
Milton Ager	Composer
Tommy Wolf	Composer
Adolph Green	Composer
Alan Bergman	Composer
Paul Williams	Composer
Richard Rodgers	Composer
Barbra Streisand	Composer
Arthur Hamilton	Composer
Artie Butler	Composer
Fran Landesman	Composer
Jacques Brel	Composer
Jack Yellen	Composer

Editorial Reviews

Barbra Streisand's first time back performing in the Village in almost 50 years is a special occasion, a fact obviously recognized by the thrilled audience that was jam-packed into the tiny Village Vanguard (barely ten dozen seats) as well as by Streisand herself, who expertly conjures the intimacy and tenderness needed for such a special program. Her song selection includes a few career touchstones ("Evergreen," "The Way We Were," "Make Someone Happy"), but also includes references to a host of Village or nightclub favorites, led by "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" and "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (the latter of which she uses to reminisce about seeing Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris). With backing from a quartet led by pianist Tamir Hendelman, Streisand sounds confident, energetic, and occasionally reflective about her career in music; she even reaches back to her '60s repertoire to perform a pair of Rodgers & Hart standards, "My Funny Valentine" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered." Granted, eight of the other numbers come from her 2009 studio outing, Love Is the Answer, although they're fairly unobtrusive being largely nightclub standards themselves. Surprisingly, the recording excises very little from the original program; Streisand frequently converses with members of the audience (many of whom hold special memories for her), introduces a string of celebrities, and even finds time to ask a young friend how old she is right in the middle of "In the Wee Small Hours" (which Frank Sinatra never would've tolerated). Streisand's vocal craft is peerless as well. Although her strength with the high notes is waning, she remains the same expressive and endearing vocalist she was decades earlier. [One Night Only was also released on Blu-Ray.] ~ John Bush