At Carnegie Hall CD

This CD of her historic performances at Carnegie Hall is filled with variety. The performer's emotional shadings vary from her soft intonation on "How Deep Is the Ocean" to the conversational good humor and carnival spirit of "Ring Them Bells." But she shines brightest when she takes the Ebb and Kander compositions like "Maybe This Time" and "Cabaret" and belts them with a fervor that tugs at the listener's heartstrings.

Old songs, new songs, and big production numbers. Audience-filled seats of a concert hall with a formidable history, and one spotlight. Who else but Liza Minnelli could sing, talk and dance in these conditions, and make it seem as if nothing could be more natural? The daughter of entertainer/legend Judy Garland and musical film director Vincent Minnelli, if anyone is at home on a stage, it's Minnelli.

Personnel includes: Liza Minnelli (vocals); Sally Foster (harp); Gerald Tarack, Abraham Appleman, Farhad Berhoozi, Michael Comins, Browning Cramer, Narciso Figueroa, Robert Fuchs, Cecilia Hobbs, Stanley G. Hunte, Karen Karlsrud, Robert Lawrence, Patmore Lewis, Alice Poulson, Barbara Randall, Max Tarr, David Tobey (violin); Jennie Hansen, Dan Seidenberg, Richard Spencer, Rose Tillotson (viola); Ellen Zoe Hassman, Susan Poliacik, Lutz Rath, Jeff Szabo (cello); Richard Sarpola (bass); Dennis Anderson, Lawrence Feldman, Gerry Niewood, Frank Perowsky, Ed Xiques (reeds), Peter Gordon, Fred Griffen (horns), Danny Cahn, Glenn Drewes, Bob Livingood, Dave Stahl (trumpet), Charles W. Sharman III, Clinton Sharman (trombone); George Flynn (bass trombone); Tony Price (tuba); Dave Carey, Bill Hayes (percussion).