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Barbra Streisand's abandonment of Broadway was the worst thing that happened to the theater in the '60s. Her retreat from theater music on record was less of a loss, if only because she had tended to focus on second-rank composers and obscure songs by first-rate ones, while practically ignoring, for example, Stephen Sondheim, who, as of the early '70s, became the pre-eminent Broadway songwriter. When she returned to show songs in 1985, she reversed these failings. Now, the singer who had never done much with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, George Gershwin, or Jerome Kern finally felt confident enough to take on "If I Loved You" from Carousel, "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys And Dolls, "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" from Showboat, and a medley from Porgy And Bess, and she did them well. Even better, on seven tracks with Sondheim's name on them, she proved the perfect intepreter of the most contemporary and intellectual of Broadway's writers, whether singing his lyrics over the music of Leonard Bernstein (another composer she'd largely neglected) from West Side Story or making the most of material drawn from shows like Company, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday In The Park With George. Sondheim collaborated with Streisand, penning special lyrics for songs like "Putting It Together" and even his standard, "Send In The Clowns." Also on board was Streisand's arranger from the early and mid-'60s, Peter Matz. The result was an album that repositioned some of Broadway's best in a pop context (doubtless many people heard these great songs for the first time) and showed that Streisand was still at her best when presenting the dramatically satisfying story songs of the theater. Apparently, many long-time fans agreed: At sales over three million, The Broadway Album was Streisand's most commercially successful album in five years. (The Broadway Album won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal.)
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Peter Matz, Conductor - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Orchestrator - Peter Matz, Arranger - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Richard Baskin, Producer - Humberto Gatica, Re-Mixer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Randy Waldman, Synthesizer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Lyricist - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Composer -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
S. Sondheim, Composer - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Conductor - Peter Matz, Arranger - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Brian O'Connor, French Horn - Humberto Gatica, Re-Mixer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Richard Baskin, Producer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - O. Hammerstein II, Composer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Oscar Hammerstein II, Writer -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
S. Sondheim, Composer - John Arrias, Recording Engineer - Jerry Hey, Arranger - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Writer - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Richard Baskin, Producer - Richard Baskin, Arranger - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Randy Waldman, Synthesizer - Randy Waldman, Arranger - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - L. Bernstein, Composer -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jeremy Lubbock, Orchestrator - Jeremy Lubbock, Conductor - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Richard Baskin, Producer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Composer - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Lyricist -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Gary Herbig, Alto Saxophone - Peter Matz, Conductor - Peter Matz, Producer - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Orchestrator - Peter Matz, Arranger - Stephen Sondheim, Writer - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Humberto Gatica, Re-Mixer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Arranger - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Composer - Steven Schaeffer, Drums - Neil Stubenhauss, Bass -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Mark Berger, Executive Producer - Jeremy Lubbock, Strings - Richard Rodgers, Composer - William Kidd, Producer - Paul Jabara, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Vocal - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Marco Patrignani, Producer - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Bob Esty, Producer - Bob Esty, Keyboards - James G. Robinson, Executive Producer -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Matz, Producer - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Conductor - Charles Berghofer, Bass - Sid Ramin & His Orchestra, Orchestrator - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - F. Loesser, Composer - F. Loesser, Lyricist - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Frank Loesser, Composer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Sol Gubin, Drums -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
John Arrias, Recording Engineer - Jeremy Lubbock, Conductor - Jeremy Lubbock, Orchestrator - Richard Todd, French Horn - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Randy Waldman, Synthesizer - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Earl Dumler, Oboe - Earl Dumler, English Horn - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Lyricist - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Composer - Randy Kerber, Piano -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Peter Matz, Producer - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Arranger - Peter Matz, Conductor - Peter Matz, Orchestrator - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Humberto Gatica, Re-Mixer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Vocal - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Barbra Streisand, Arranger - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Sol Gubin, Drums - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Lyricist - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Composer - Oscar Castro-Neves, Guitar -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
John Arrias, Re-Mixer - Stevie Wonder, Harmonica - Peter Matz, Producer - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Conductor - Peter Matz, Orchestrator - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - J. Kern, Composer - J. Kern, Lyricist - O. Hammerstein II, Composer - O. Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Conrad Salinger, Orchestrator - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Jerome Kern, Composer -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
I. Gershwin, Composer - I. Gershwin, Lyricist - George Gershwin, Composer - Peter Matz, Producer - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Peter Matz, Conductor - Peter Matz, Arranger - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Humberto Gatica, Re-Mixer - Don Hahn, Recording Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Alexander Courage, Orchestrator - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - Barbra Streisand, Producer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Barbra Streisand, Arranger - G. Gershwin, Composer - G. Gershwin, Lyricist - D. Heyward, Composer - D. Heyward, Lyricist -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
David Foster, Producer - David Foster, Keyboards - David Foster, Synthesizer - David Foster, Arranger - Peter Matz, Executive Producer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Leonard Bernstein, Lyricist - Magic Moreno, Engineer - Magic Moreno, 2nd Engineer - Laura Livingston, 2nd Engineer - Humberto Gatica, Engineer - Woody Woodruff, 2nd Engineer - Kim Skalecki, Coordinator - Jay Willis, 2nd Engineer - Benny Faccone, 2nd Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Randy Waldman, Keyboards - Randy Waldman, Synthesizer - Randy Waldman, 2nd Engineer - Barbra Streisand, Executive Producer - Barbra Streisand, Performer - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Composer - STEPHEN SONDHEIM, Lyricist -
(P) 1985 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Barbra Streisand's abandonment of Broadway was the worst thing that happened to the theater in the '60s. Her retreat from theater music on record was less of a loss, if only because she had tended to focus on second-rank composers and obscure songs by first-rate ones, while practically ignoring, for example, Stephen Sondheim, who, as of the early '70s, became the pre-eminent Broadway songwriter. When she returned to show songs in 1985, she reversed these failings. Now, the singer who had never done much with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, George Gershwin, or Jerome Kern finally felt confident enough to take on "If I Loved You" from Carousel, "Adelaide's Lament" from Guys And Dolls, "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" from Showboat, and a medley from Porgy And Bess, and she did them well. Even better, on seven tracks with Sondheim's name on them, she proved the perfect intepreter of the most contemporary and intellectual of Broadway's writers, whether singing his lyrics over the music of Leonard Bernstein (another composer she'd largely neglected) from West Side Story or making the most of material drawn from shows like Company, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday In The Park With George. Sondheim collaborated with Streisand, penning special lyrics for songs like "Putting It Together" and even his standard, "Send In The Clowns." Also on board was Streisand's arranger from the early and mid-'60s, Peter Matz. The result was an album that repositioned some of Broadway's best in a pop context (doubtless many people heard these great songs for the first time) and showed that Streisand was still at her best when presenting the dramatically satisfying story songs of the theater. Apparently, many long-time fans agreed: At sales over three million, The Broadway Album was Streisand's most commercially successful album in five years. (The Broadway Album won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal.)
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:00
- Main artists: Barbra Streisand
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock International Pop
(P) 1985 Sony Music Entertainment
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