Barbra Streisand 1976 DEMO Record

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BARBRA STREISAND

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CLASSIC BARBRA

     You are looking at a very limited and rare colletible 1976 12" vinyl DEMO record of Barbra Streisand tittled "CLASSIC BARBRA".  This record features 10 tracks from the 70's such as "MOON NIGHT" and "I LOVED YOU".   The tracks are also sung in different languages such as Latin, German and French.  The vinyl itself is in mint condition and all the original casing and sleeve is present (refer to pictures).  This record was Manufactured in New York, New York in 1976 by CBS Inc. The photos for this DEMO were taken by Francesco Scavullo.

CBS Masterworks 33452  Original Release: February 1976
Produced by Claus Ogerman
The Columbia Symphony Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by
Claus Ogerman
Original Recording Engineers: Mickey Crofford, Lee Hirschberg, Eddie Brackett, Frank Laico
Audio Supervision: Fred Plaut
Photography: Francesco Scavullo
Liner Notes: Homer Dennison

1. Beau Soir [2:37]
   (Claude Debussy)
2. Brezairola [3:44]
   (Joseph Canteloube)
3. Verschwiegene Liebe [2:55]
   (Hugo Wolf)
4. Pavane (Vocalise) [5:29]
   (Gabriel Fauré)
5. Après un Rêve [3:22]
   (Gabriel Fauré)
6. In Trutina [2:08]
   (Carl Orff)
7. Lascia ch'io pianga [3:38]
   (George Frideric Handel)
8. Mondnacht [3:55]
   (Robert Schumann)
9. Dank sei Dir, Herr [3:42]
   (George Frideric Handel)
10. I Loved You [2:16]
    (Claus Ogerman)

Footnotes

• Recorded April-May 1973, with early working title: Follow The Lieder. Track 1 recorded on May 29, 1973 in L.A.
• Barbra has recalled the sessions as her "most difficult singing project."
• Leonard Bernstein wrote, "Barbra Streisand's natural ability to make music takes her over to the classical field with extraordinary ease. It's clear that she loves these songs. In her sensitive, straightforward, and enormously appealing performance, she has given us a very special musical experience."

Streisand was born Barbara Joan Streisand to a Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Emanuel Streisand, a grammar teacher, died when she was 15 months old; and she had a turbulent relationship with her stepfather, Louis Kind. Her mother, Diana Ida Rosen, did not encourage her daughter to pursue a show business career, opining that Barbara was not attractive enough. She was educated at Erasmus Hall High School, where she graduated fourth in her class in 1959, and she sang in the school choir with Neil Diamond. She never attended college.

Singing career

Barbra Streisand has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all with the Columbia Records label. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and nightclub standards, including her famously ironic version of "Happy Days Are Here Again". Beginning with My Name Is Barbra her albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials.

Starting in 1969, Streisand tackled contemporary songwriters; like many talented singers of the day, she found herself a fish out of water in attempts to tackle rock, but her vocal talents prevailed and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented, Richard Perry-produced album Stoney End in 1971. The title track, written by Laura Nyro, was a big hit for Streisand.

During the 1970s she was also highly prominent in the pop charts, with number-one records like "The Way We Were", "Evergreen", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" and "Woman In Love"; some of these came from soundtrack records to her films.

When the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. - only Elvis Presley and The Beatles having sold more albums. [1]

In 1982, music critic Stephen Holden wrote that Streisand was "the most influential mainstream American pop singer since Frank Sinatra."

Streisand returned to her musical-theater roots with 1985's The Broadway Album. This was an unexpected success, holding the coveted #1 Billboard position for 3 straight weeks, and being certified 3x Platinum. The album featured songs reworked by Stephen Sondheim especially for this recording, was critically acclaimed, nominated as Album of the Year and landed Streisand her 8th Grammy as Best Female Vocalist.

In 1991 a four-disc box set, entitled Just for the Record was released, spanning Streisand's entire career. It featured over 70 tracks, including live material, greatest hits, and rarities, from her early recordings up to 1991.

Streisand's concert fundraising events helped propel former President Bill Clinton into the spotlight and into office.[2] Streisand later introduced Clinton at his inauguration in 1992. However, Streisand's music career was on hold. A tour was suggested, and she debated it for two years because of her stage fright. A year later, Streisand landed another #1 Back to Broadway. This album included the duet medley I Have A Love / One Hand, One Heart with the legendary Johnny Mathis whom Streisand has publicly acknowledged as one of her favorite singers.

In September 1993 Streisand made global news, announcing her first public concert tour in 27 years. Tickets to the limited tour were sold out in under one hour. Streisand also hit the cover of major magazines, in anticipation of what Time magazine named, "The Music Event of the Century." The tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise parlays in history. Ticket prices ranged from $50 to $1,500 - making Streisand the highest paid concert performer in history. Barbra Streisand: The Concert went on to be the top grossing concert of the year, earned 2 Emmy Awards, the Peabody Award, and the taped broadcast on HBO is to-date the highest rated concert special in HBO's 30 year history.

On New Year's Eve 1999 she returned to the concert stage, giving the highest grossing single concert in Las Vegas history to date. At the end of the last millennium, she was the number-one female singer in the US, with at least 2 # 1 albums in each decade since she had started out.

Her most recent albums have been Christmas Memories (2001), a collection of somber holiday songs, and The Movie Album (2003), featuring famous movie themes and backed by a large symphony orchestra. Guilty Pleasures (called Guilty Too in the UK), a collaboration with Barry Gibb and a sequel album to their previous Guilty, was released worldwide in 2005.

In February 2006, Streisand recorded the song 'Smile' alongside Tony Bennett, at Streisand's Malibu home. The song will be included on Tony Bennett's 80th Birthday Album, 'Duets'. In September 2006, the pair recorded a video segment of the song, to be included on a forthcoming TV Special.

Like many artists, Streisand is also known to hate discussing her work, and says she would rather forget about her material as soon as it is recorded, considering it 'done'. She has stated that she cannot even remember the names of many of her own songs.

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