| At Carnegie Hall | ||||
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| Released | September 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, vocal, traditional | |||
| Label | Telarc International Corporation | |||
| Producer | Larry Marks, Robert Woods | |||
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At Carnegie Hall is the fifth live album by American singer and actress Liza Minnelli.[1] Released in 1987, it marks the singer's first work released under the independent label Telarc Distribution.
The recordings took place over a period of three weeks at the iconic Carnegie Hall concert hall, located in Midtown Manhattan, in the city of New York, in 1987.[2][3] Minnelli's 17-day residency at the venue became the longest consecutive period in the concert hall's history.
Minnelli performed with a 47-piece orchestra, wearing costumes designed by Halston.[4] The repertoire includes classics from the Great American Songbook,[3] and songs by artists such as Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, and Charles Aznavour. It also ventures into contemporary pop-rock with the track "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, as well as the compositions of Kander and Ebb, who were highly present in her career.[3] According to critic Stephen Holden, "her songs, imaginatively arranged by Marvin Hamlisch and conducted by Bill La Vorgna, were accompanied by decisive and powerfully illustrative gestures."[3]
The album was released as a double LP/CD, with the complete recording lasting 83 minutes and entirely in digital format. Additionally, a "Highlights" version was released, featuring the album's best moments with an 18-minute reduction in total duration, omitting nine songs in the process and rearranging the remaining ones.[5]
- ^ "CDs". The Official Liza Minnelli Website. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H.W. Wilson Company. 1988. p. 398.
- ^ a b c d Holden, Stephen (May 31, 1987). "The Arts: News And Reviews; Pop: Liza Minnelli Opens 3-Week Carnegie Date". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ Colacello, Bob (June 1987). "A STAR IS REBORN | Vanity Fair". Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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