In her sixth decade of providing
music magic, Barbra Streisand continues to reach the number one position on the
charts. Her "Back To Brooklyn"
concert DVD has reached #1 on the
Billboard Top DVD Music Videos chart. Achieving that distinction with the
Columbia Records release, Streisand has now topped the DVD charts five times.
Her success in the DVD field also includes having earned nine Gold DVDs, six
Platinum and three Multi-Platinum.
On the
CD charts, she has reached #1 nine times and is the only recording artist to
have accomplished #1 albums in five consecutive decades. She has achieved 51
gold albums, 30 platinum and 13 multi-platinum.
The
"Back To Brooklyn" concert DVD captures Streisand's first musical
performance in her native Brooklyn since she departed at age 16 to pursue her
acting career and became one of the most popular and famous musical performers
of her time. Throughout the concert, which includes nine songs she had never
previously performed publicly, Barbra reflects upon her years growing up in
Brooklyn, and to mark the occasion, she commissioned special lyrics for two
songs:
ACT I
opens with Andrew Lloyd Webber's "As If We Never Said Goodbye," which
she turns into an homage to "the Brooklyn docks, the nova lox" and
other fond memories of the sights and sounds of her youth. When she triumphantly sings, "I've come
home at last," the audience rises from their seats with a thunderous
welcome back ovation.
ACT II
pays tribute to the people and places in Brooklyn today, with a re-written
lyric to Cole Porter's "You're The Top": "You're the top, you're
a Brooklyn trolley…you're the top you're a hot bialy!"
It also
provides biographical video and still photo images of the artist's childhood
and early career.
Among
the many highlights of the evening was the first-time ever pairing of Barbra
and her son Jason Gould. Other artists joining her include trumpet player Chris
Botti and the young Italian singing quartet, Il Volo. Subsequent to the
Brooklyn performances, Ms. Streisand presented a slightly revised version of
the concert in record-breaking tours in the US, Canada, Europe and Israel, her
first concert appearances in six years.
The
concert performance is directed by Barbra Streisand and Richard Jay-Alexander,
and written by Barbra Streisand, Jay Landers, Richard Jay-Alexander and Jeffrey
Richman. The "Back To Brooklyn" concert is also currently featured on
Public Broadcasting System stations, where it has become the top-rated Great
Performances series offering this season, raising funds for PBS local stations.
DVD
1. Back to Brooklyn
2. As If We Never Said Goodbye
3. I Remember Brooklyn (Dialogue)
4. Nice 'n' Easy / That Face
5. The Way He Makes Me Feel
6. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
7. Didn't We
8. Smile (w/ Il Volo)
9. Q & A
10. Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long
11. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
12. The Way We Were / Through The Eyes Of Love
13. Being Good Isn't Good Enough
14. Rose's Turn / Some People / Don't Rain On My
Parade
15. I Remember Barbra
16. You're The Top
17. What'll I Do / My Funny Valentine (w/ Chris
Botti)
18. Lost Inside Of You (w/ Chris Botti)
19. Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)
(w/ Chris Botti)
20. Nature Boy (Birthday video performed by Jason
Gould)
21. How Deep Is The Ocean (Duet w/ Jason Gould)
22. People
23. Here's To Life
24. Make Our Garden Grow / Somewhere
25. Some Other Time
26. Happy Days Are Here Again
INCLUDES
ADDITIONAL BONUS MATERIAL:
27. "This Masquerade" (Performed by
Jason Gould)
28. I Remember Barbra Documentary Film
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