Barbra, Bette and

Broadway: Music for

Holiday Wishlists  

BY ROLAND F. PALMER

holiday wish lists yet because I

have four great new CDs to rec-
ommend for all you Barbra, Bette,
and Broadway fans out there. Let’s
start with Barbra Streisand’s The
Movie Album. Having recently
returned from a trip to Broadway ‘
where I saw a 10-story billboard pro-
moting Barbra’s newest album, I
immediately went out and got a
copy.

Nhope you haven’t completed your

The Movie Album features
l2 all new recordings including H
"Smile" (from Modern Ti'mes, 1936),
"Moon River" (from Breakfast At
Tiflany ’s. 1961), “How Do You Keep
The Music Playing?” (from Best
Friends, 1982), and “I’m In The
Mood For Love” (from Every Night
At Eight, 1935). By far one of the
most surprising tracks (and one of
my favorites) is “Calling You” (from
Bagdad Café, 1988), for which com-
poser Bob Telson wrote a new third
verse especially for this recording.
This is Barbra’s fourth
decade of recording, and The Movie
Album marks her 60th album release.
The insert contains Barbra’s reflec-
tions on each song chosen" for the
album and there is a special limited
edition CD/DVD package available
that features selected video perform-
ances. The album is beautifully
orchestrated and arranged and is sure
to be a winner for Streisand and
movie fans alike this holiday season.
You should also be sure to check out
Barbra’s web site if you’ve never
checked it_out before.
Next up we have Bette
Midler’s newest CD release Bette
Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney
slmgbook. The concept and inspira-
tion for the album comes from
Bette’s original piano man, Barry
Manilow, and also includes special
guest Linda Ronstadt. The album
‘V35 recorded using a full orchestra
find includes ll tracks including
You’ll Never Know," “On A Slow
B031 To China" (duet with Barry

 

Bette Midler

Manilow), “In The Cool, Cool, Cool
Of The Evening,” “Sisters” (duet
with Linda Ronstadt), and “White
Christmas.”

Bette has just announced
her North American “Kiss My
Brass” tour. Tickets are now on sale
for venues across North America,
including January 17 & 18 at
Madison Square Garden and January
20 at the Fleet Center (Boston). If
you’ve always wanted to experience
the Divine Miss M, here is your
chance — and what a great gift for
that someone special (hint, hint).
You can find the tour schedule
online at www.bettemidler.com. If
you can’t see her live, then I highly
recommend this CD for all Bette and
Rosie fans alike, or better yet do
what I did and get tickets to the
show and the CD.

To round out my recom-
mendations I recently purchased two
compilation CDs that feature some
of the best songs from the original
cast recordings of the newest
Broadway musicalsfi Broadway

 

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Today features twelve tracks plus a
bonus track featuring Catherine
Zeta-Jones, Renee" Zellweger &
Ensemble from the recent hit movie
Chicago. You’ll hear songs from
Hairspray (with Harvey Feinstein),
Mamma Mia, The Producers (with
Nathan Lane and Matthew
Broderick), and Movin ‘Out (with
Michael Cavanaugh)

Ultimate Broadway 2 fea-
tures twenty tracks and covers the
last three years of Broadway, featur-
ing songs from new musicals as well
as some of the recent revivals. The
great news for you is that not a sin-
gle song is repeated on these two
CDs, so I recommend you get them
both. Happy musical holidays! V

Roland Palmer lives in Hinesburg,
Vermont and will be returning to
NYC in January 2004 tofulfill a life-
long dream of experiencing the
Divine Miss M live and in person, '
while taking in afew more
Broadway shows.

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