The Broadway Album
by Barbra Streisand
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 November 1985
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:00
- Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Returning decisively to her theatrical roots, the legendary vocalist selected a repertoire composed largely by Stephen Sondheim for this highly acclaimed project. The recording process involved extensive orchestral arrangements and represented a sharp pivot away from the synth-pop oriented productions of her recent catalog.
Genres
Descriptors: belting, female-vocals, orchestral, theatrical, medley
Tracklist
- Putting It Together (4:21)
- If I Loved You (2:38)
- Something's Coming (2:55)
- Not While I'm Around (3:29)
- Being Alive (3:23)
- Medley: I Have Dreamed / We Kiss in a Shadow / Something Wonderful (From, "The King and I") (4:50)
- Adelaide's Lament (3:25)
- Send in the Clowns (4:42)
- Medley: Pretty Women / The Ladies Who Lunch (5:09)
- Can't Help Lovin' That Man (3:31)
- Medley: I Loves You Porgy / Porgy, I's Your Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman Now) (4:35)
- Somewhere (4:57)
Credits
- Stephen Sondheim - composed by, lyrics by, lyrics by [excerpted]
- Oscar Hammerstein II - lyrics by
- David Geffen - voice actor
- Ken Sylk - voice actor
- Sydney Pollack - voice actor
- Richard Rodgers - composed by
- Brian O'Connor - french horn
- Jerry Hey - arranged by [horns]
- Barbra Streisand - Primary Artist, Arranged By
- Peter Matz - Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Conductor
- Randy Waldman - Synthesizer, Arranged By, Engineer [Assistant], Keyboards
- Richard Baskin - Arranged By, Producer
- Leonard Bernstein - Composed By
- Jeremy Lubbock - Conductor, Orchestrated By, Strings
- Don Hahn - Remix
- Gary Herbig - Alto Saxophone [Solo]
- Neil Stubenhaus - Bass
- Steve Schaeffer - Drums
- Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
- Bob Esty - Keyboards, Producer, Arranged By
- Paul Jabara - Producer, Arranged By
- Rhett Lawrence - Programmed By [Keyboards]
- Chuck Berghofer - Bass
- Frank Loesser - Composed By, Lyrics By
- Sol Gubin - Drums
- Sid Ramin - Orchestrated By
- Earl Dumler - English Horn, Oboe
- Richard Todd - French Horn
- Israel Baker - Leader [Concertmaster]
- Randy Kerber - Piano
- Oscar Castro-Neves - Guitar
- Jerome Kern - Composed By
- Stevie Wonder - Harmonica
- Gerald Vinci - Leader [Concertmaster]
- Conrad Salinger - Orchestrated By [Original Orchestration]
- George Gershwin - Composed By
- DuBose Heyward - Lyrics By
- Ira Gershwin - Lyrics By
- Alexander Courage - Orchestrated By
- Humberto Gatica - Engineer
- Magic Moreno - Engineer [Additional]
- Jeffrey 'Woody' Woodruff - Engineer [Assistant]
- David Foster - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Producer, Arranged By
- Michael Boddicker - Programmed By [Synthesizer]