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Barbra Streisand Album - Yentl
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Release Date:2000-01-17
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Soft Pop
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Label:Sony
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:5099708630225
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Review :
Billed as both a {$Barbra Streisand} album and as an original motion picture {\soundtrack}, {^Yentl} contains the songs, sung by {$Streisand} and written by {$Michel Legrand} and {$Alan} and {$Marilyn Bergman}, that the character played by {$Streisand} sings as internal monologues in the film, sometimes with spoken dialogue interspersed. (The album is filled out by "studio versions" of two of the songs, {&"The Way He Makes Me Feel"} and {&"No Matter What Happens,"} played on contemporary electronic instruments, rather than in the {\orchestral} settings used for the rest of the songs.) With such a thematic base, the music has an unusual consistency, and written specifically for {$Streisand}, it makes use of her emotional expressiveness, phrasing, and timing as a singer. But it was also written as a complement to the film and on its own comes across as a group of isolated musical plot highlights rather than as a coherent song cycle. ({^Yentl} won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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