YENTL: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album cover
  • YENTL: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
    Released: 2023
  • Producer: Barbra Streisand

YENTL: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition commemorates the Oscar-winning soundtrack to Yentl, the groundbreaking motion-picture which Barbra directed, wrote, produced and starred in. The Deluxe Edition features all the songs from the original album, plus a bonus disc of 15 tracks that Barbra recorded as demos or alternate versions. The 10 demos were recorded in her living room on a stereo cassette deck, with Barbra narrating the introduction to each track. They feature Barbra accompanied only by Michel Legrand on piano.

The living room demos are nothing short of a revelation. Barbra’s voice, accompanied only by Legrand’s piano, is stunning. This is Streisand au naturel. Without their elaborate orchestrations, the songs are delivered with an intimacy revealing their flawless construction. Like peering into the inner workings of a fine watch to study the gears, one gets a sense of how precisely the words and music are synchronized, and how Barbra imbues each with layers of meaning.

YENTL: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition: Tracks
# Title
1 Where Is It Written?
2 Papa, Can You Hear Me?
3 This is One of Those Moments
4 No Wonder
5 The Way He Makes Me Feel
6 No Wonder (Part Two)
7 Tomorrow Night
8 Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way?
9 No Matter What Happens
10 No Wonder (reprise)
11 A Piece of Sky
12 The Way He Makes Me Feel (studio version)
13 No Matter What Happens (studio version)

# Title
1 Where Is It Written? (demo)
2 Papa, Can You Hear Me? (demo)
3 The Way He Makes Me Feel (demo)
4 Several Sins A Day (demo)
5 No Wonder (demo) with Marilyn Bergman
6 Tomorrow Night (demo)
7 Will Someone Ever look At Me This Way? (demo) with Michel Legrand
8 The Moon and I (demo)
9 A Piece of Sky (demo)
10 Papa, Can You Hear Me? (studio version)
11 Several Sins A Day (studio version)
12 Where Is It Written? (with Rabbinical chorus)
13 Papa, Can You Hear Me? (single version)
14 This Is One of Those Moments (reprise)
15 End Title (instrumental medley)

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