Only 20 years old, Streisand’s control of her instrument is already dazzling, and her phrasing and dynamics are remarkably clever and sophisticated she knows exactly what to do with this material, and delivers a set that nods to cabaret traditions as she puts a fresh and exciting spin on the art of nightclub singing. Streisand’s voice is front and center on Live at the Bon Soir, and it’s hard to imagine anything upstaging her. While the studio recordings were given splashy arrangements by Peter Matz, Live at the Bon Soir featured Streisand backed by a modest, skillful quartet led by pianist Peter Daniels though they lend superb support, they know enough to stay out of her way. (How unknown was she in November 1962? The Columbia executive who introduces her mispronounces her name, unimaginable a year later.) All 11 songs that appeared on The Barbra Streisand Album are included here, along with 12 others.
60 years after it was recorded, Live at the Bon Soir gives us a rare chance to hear Streisand when she was a relatively unknown talent - a window of time that didn’t last long, given the massive success of 1963’s The Barbra Streisand Album - and performing with a remarkable combination of vocal skill, performance savvy, and a youthful delight in the interaction between herself, her musicians, and her audience. The Bon Soir recordings went into the vault, and while bits and pieces were bootlegged over the years, the projected live album didn’t materialize until 2022, when advanced spectral editing technology made it possible to give the tapes a better mix. As it happened, the Bon Soir’s acoustics made it difficult to make a properly balanced recording, and after hearing the tapes Columbia’s engineers delivered, the label chose to put Streisand in the studio to create a splashier and more sonically controlled recording. Streisand was drawing crowds and charming critics with her appearances at the Bon Soir, a nightclub in New York’s Greenwich Village, and Columbia felt capturing her live show might be a good way to introduce her to a larger audience.
Label: Columbia / Legacy | Genre: Easy Listeningīarbra Streisand generated a small but insistent degree of show biz buzz with her star-making role in the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale when she signed with Columbia Records - one of the biggest and most prestigious labels of the day - in 1962. Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz Barbra Streisand – Live At The Bon Soir (2022)
0 kommentar(er)
