Barbra Streisand's "The Ultimate Collection" triumphs seductive equal with 2 CDs, with actually two brand new recordings and a 10seitigem color booklet. All songs are presented here again desirable in their partly umpteenth times remastered version. The latest digital processing can be heard. Especially old recordings like "Cry Me A River" (1963) or "He Touched Me" (1965) have improved a lot and the sound polished radiant. No question, this best-of-Streisand Collection is produced with great care. Apart from all major international hits and hits like "Woman in Love" we hear the Streisand course in their famous duets with Bryan Adams, Barry Gibb, Celine Dion, Neil Diamond and Donna Summer People "who want to sometimes have a Streisand CD on the shelf", are well served by this excellent double album you get for your money more than a fair value. The "best" of Streisand from her 40-year career! "Overthrow" fans who know almost all the songs of course immediately on the only two new songs that have been published up to now only on this double CD. The romantic melody "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from Disney's classic animated film "Snow White" has a very large range and Barbra starts with deep and soft voice to shine later the impressive orchestral accompaniment with full vocal use. Her voice does not show the slightest defect aging The second new song "You'll Never Walk Alone" we already know in the combination with "I Believe" from their best album of the nineties. "Higher Ground" (1997) The song got in this second Streisand version a new fantastic Arrangement, with a large choir use at the end of the song. Total acts "You'll Never Walk Alone" without "I Believe" more effective. The listener only focuses on a melody that is to capture much better in their beauty and increase. It understands now why this piece of Rodgers & Hammerstein the "showstopper" their musical "Carousel" (1945) was. It was sung by the greatest performers, starting with the legend Mahalia Jackson, who made it a memorable hymn, up to both modern gospel version of the great Aretha Franklin. Consequently, this song always be connected particularly in the US with superlatives. It is not just a good song, but something really special. And that may also have been the reason why Barbra Streisand sang this song during the Emmy Awards in 2001 in memory of the murdered on September 11 people, and gave an unforgettable performance with a standing ovation. Five stars is really too little for this CD, which is a good evidence, why Barbra Streisand for over forty years keeps its first position in the genre of the US entertainment industry.
