Losing My Mind - Barbara Cook - Follies
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Uploaded by BestArtsSondheim on Dec 28, 2008
Barbara Cook gives a classic performance of "Losing My Mind" from Stephen Sondheim's "Follies."
This video is an excerpt from the highly recommended 1985 DVD "Follies In Concert".
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Great performer
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Congradulations on your Kennedy Center Honor tonight.
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Wow.
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I know Barbara sang that for me!!
1 month ago 2
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This is, for me, the finest interpretation of all of a Sondheim song.
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such a brillant performance...touches my soul
3 months ago 3
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@boynamedalexxx though of course the masterful job of orchestration is Jonathan Tunick's, including that infamously haunting ascending scale from "I dim the lights"...perfect.
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I discovered this version after the Pet Shop Boys & Liza did a great version, but this trounces everything. Its DEFINITIVE!
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@sinjin405 Where did you hear it wasn't a stage production? It's actually a full-blown revival (cost $7.5 mill to produce in DC; will cost less coming to B'way, since the production is completed), with Sondheim's original orchestrations (a *28 Piece* Orchestra!), and his premier interpreter (Bernadette Peters).
The costumes and the set are gorgeous. Should be the best "Follies" since the OBC.
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@sinjin405 FROM ROGHARM the dorothy collins is the best!!!!! you are correct!!!!! the singing and orchestration surpass cook. i just never heard collins until you told me about the post. collins record very much better!!!!! i also live nyc in queens sunnyside. when you are correct and suggest a better performance i went to investigate and you are correct. i just did know collins recorded the song. thank you for the e-mail. i am never afraid to admit that you are correct. when i heardccollcorrec
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brilliant. not a false note, not a wasted gesture, and that gorgeous, pure, deeply expressive voice - amazing
Somepeople 2 years ago 32
Like her not, she's still singing her guts out at 82, so she must be doing something right. If this was 1985, hell, she was only 58 at the time. :-)
shivastotravali 2 years ago 22