Divas demand encoresBarbra Streisand and Celine Dion know that.
Streisand and Dions latest efforts find both stars looking back.
OnENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,Streisand is reflecting on her Broadway roots, but with fresh perspective.
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The 74-year-old delivers 10 tracks performed with movie stars likeAnne Hathaway,Hugh Jackman, and Antonio Banderas.
Such was the case with her 2014 No.
1 record,Partners, where she also performed alongside a top roster of stars.
(Can I call you Babs now?
No, says Streisand.
Its edgeless and self-indulgent.
But when Streisand duets with her male counterpartsthe better to exploit her gift for playing a pining lovershe glows.
No stranger to bravura flourishes herself, Dion purposely selected uplifting themes for her album.
Yet the best tracks here are the ones that express her pain.
Dion may have one of musics most bombastic voices, but for her French-language albums, she brings nuance.
Amid some lingering overkill, Dion finds a rare acoustic intimacy on Plus Quailleurs.
