BARBRA STREISAND...PARTNERS....COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC...£10.
tracks played.....
It had to be you......MICHAEL BUBLE.*****
People...................STEVIE WONDER.***.
I still can see your face....ANDREA BOCELLI.*****.
Somewhere............JOSH GROBAN.****.
Love me tender......ELVIS PRESLEY.****.
I've got a crush on you.....FRANK SINATRA.***.
17 tracks on this album, four of them recorded earlier on other "Duet" type albums.
Barbra's voice is , as if she had been away. It is almost disturbingly as good as
ever. This is all ballads and it does get a little monotonous as each slow track
slips into another slow track. ...not that quality is skimped on....there is a lot to
commend and although I only played seven tracks on the show there was nothing
to criticise on the remaining items. The Sinatra Duet only got three stars because
it was recorded in his later recording years and the tonal sound of his voice is not
what we're used to. He was in his eighties for goodness sake. Presley's track with
it's new accompaniment orchestra is very smooth and very acceptable. This was
the tracks I was expecting to dislike. As a whole it is a professional release but
a few new swingers or uptempo numbers would have been gratefully received.****.
tudnofm 107.8
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