★★★★★
The arrival of a Betty Buckley album is always reason to sit up and take notice, but when a 40-year-old, never-released Buckley album engineered by T Bone Burnett comes out, that's something else again. The future breakout star of "Cats," forever to be linked with the song "Memory," performs 11 standards, including "My Funny Valentine," "C'est Magnifique" and "Quando Calienta el Sol," as well as songs from Broadway shows, such as "One Boy" from "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Where Is Love" from "Oliver...
- www.sfgate.com
2009-11-06
★★★★★
Hers is the finest voice in musical theater today ? though critics are still divided over Betty Buckley's performance in Broadway's Sunset Boulevard. But on this everyone agrees: Betty can sing ? a sentiment justified by the glorious live record The London Concert, populated mostly by Broadway standards, including "Memory" and "Meadowlark." Some selections are a bit predict able, but her renditions are definitive, moving, and letter-perfect...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Betty Buckley fans will appreciate her latest CD collection, and for those who have not heard her dramatic, sensitive singing style, this is a great way to have a pleasant introduction. THE DOORWAY is a showcase collection for the voice of Betty Buckley with piano accompaniment by Kenny Werner. There are many lovely selections in the collection...
- www.jazzreview.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Betty Buckley has a fabulous career going, starring in films, TV and musicals beginning with her 1969 Broadway debut in the show 1776. Along the way she picked up a prestigious Tony for her role in Cats. In her debut for the label, Concord Records has put to disk a live performance before what sounds like a large audience at the Donmar Warehouse in London, backed by her long time musical director, excellent pianist Kenny Werner...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Recorded as part of the Divas at the Donmar series at the small Donmar Theatre in London, the concert preserved on disc here, assembled from shows performed on August 31 and September 1, 2000, is an interesting mixture of material well-chosen and arranged to complement Betty Buckley's voice. The Broadway star's timbre has an astringent quality, with a breathy vibrato that adds to its penetrating, emotional effect...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes this collection of pop and show tunes so appealing. Is it Buckley's classic voice? Is it the eclectic and yet seamless selection of songs by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Hank Williams Sr., and Mary Chapin Carpenter? Is it the subtle orchestration expertly arranged by Buckley and cellist Eugene Friesen? Or is it a magical mix of all combined to create a CD listenable for many years to come...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Buckley recorded this 21-song concert set with the backing of conductor Paul Gemignani and the American Theatre Orchestra.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27