Their disco songs of the 70s and duets with Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Neil Diamand or Donna Summer are included. Timeless beauty is also the worldwide hit Woman In Love; now 26 years old. Apart from the fact that their status may be doubted hardly shows the sampler in this compilation the more its impressive versatility.
Clearly, that Streisand, has produced a dinosaur of vinyl, also mediocre. This double CD bypasses the weak points of her career and has almost only selected masterpieces.
The maximum of their brilliant achievements but usually achieved with Streisand Lovesongs, or dramatic ballads. So you Somewhere "from West Side Story has become in this unusual and disturbing version of a kind Streisand anthem.
Much kept simple, but even more so convincingly comes Streisand with her recording of Send in the Clowns ". This piece of Stephen Sondheim was already taken by a variety of singers countless times. At Streisand's interpretation said director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist) this recording is the definitive version. "
The creator of Send in the Clowns ", Stephen Sondheim, rated Streisand's singing art at the Grammy Awards in 1992 as follows:
It is the joy of every composer who hopes that his song is better presented than he imagines himself in his own imagination. "
That sounds like a pretty raised praise ". However, The Ultimate Collection underpinned by a set of best Streisandaufnahmen, be they old or newer, this unsurpassable praise of Mr. Sondheim on the most impressive ..
