Customer Reviews:
 Special Streisand 2 cd christmas set November 18, 2004
Le Medici (Newcastle, UK)
37 out of 39 found this review helpful
This set contains both of Streisands festive albums.pThe first 'Christmas album' remains one of the all time classics. From the high-camp of 'jingle bells' to streisands hauntingly gorgeous 'silent night', the album is a sheer revelation from start to finish. Its a fine example of her 60's voice and intonation and remains a favourite to many fans.pthe second album 'chistmas memories' came nearly 30 years after the first, but as always with streisand the wait is justified. the song selection is near perfect, and the whole work has a deeply atmospheric, almost cinematic feel. streisand takes festive standards ('i'll be home for christmas'), gorgeous ballads ('closer'), modern pop songs ('it must have been the miseltoe') and spiritual epics (the breathtaking 'one god') to produce what some US critics regarded as her finest studio effort since 'the broadway album'. bras ever, the voice is in unique form, with streisands now deep, rich vibrato bringing something aching and beautiful to these special songs. if you like 'the voice', don't hesitate.
She is a class of her own - no other singer and entertainer has earned so many awards as BARBRA STREISAND !! November 4, 2009
amazon reader
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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br /I'm a German engineer and businessman who listended to Barbra Streisand when I studied in the U.S. in the 1980ies. Her singing has always been wonderful, and she got standing ovations from the audiences.
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br /I lived and studied in Boston, Massachusetts and in Palo Alto, California, and I bought hundreds of LPs and CDs from various artists, but Barbra Streisand has always been my all-time favorite singer. I moved from job to job all over the world in the following 25 years after my graduation. I lived and worked in North and South America, in Australia, all over Europe. I live now inmid the desert of the Emirate Abu Dhabi. I still have all the LPs and CDs I bought in the last 30 years. BARBRA STREISAND has always been one of my all-time favorites, and I enjoy it to listen to her on my drives from Abu Dhabi City into the desert to LIWA Oasis, or to Dubai, to Al Ain, to Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, ....
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br /Some reviewers complain that Barbra's voice has become "older", "deeper" - to my personal impression her voice has become warmer and more mature.
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br /About Barbra Streisand's success
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br /It's time to rack up the points on this one because Barbra has done it all. Want proof? How about this for starters: 43 gold albums, 27 platinum albums, 13 multi-platinum albums, 5 gold videos, etc. And this is only her musical career.
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br /She has also broken barriers in the film industry as an actress, director and producer. In 1976, she won six Golden Globes as a producer for A Star is Born and in 1983, she received five Academy Award nominations and took home a couple more Golden Globes for her directorial debut in Yentl.
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br /A whopping total of ten Golden Globe awards received throughout her career are the most achieved by any entertainment artist. Her second effort in the director's chair for The Prince of Tides earned Barbra seven Academy Award nominations along with a coveted nomination from the Director's Guild of America. In January 2000, she was crowned with the Golden Globe's Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. It's safe to assume that Miss Streisand is a go-getter, to say the least. Way to go Barb.
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br /Barbra Streisand has become a timeless classic
br /Nowadays, Barbra has been keeping busy, alongside her actor/director husband James Brolin (her first marriage was to actor Elliott Gould), with ongoing charity events and special appearances. Her latest musical effort, Christmas Memories, recently hit store shelves just in time for the 2001 holiday season.
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br /She has also announced that she's giving up concert performances for good, in order to have more time to herself, but we're not sure when that "final" performance will be, to the delight of her millions of fans.
barbra streisand christmas collection April 15, 2009
Mr. Keith Mark White (tyne and wear, uk)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my wife and she was very surprised as she did,nt know barbra had any xmas cds, but when she heard it she was overwhelmed at barbras choice of xmas songs. If your a barbra streisand fan and you love xmas this is trully a must.
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