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New York — Celebrate this years Mother's Day with the three DVD set release of Barbra Streisand's Streisand The Concerts this Tuesday.  The DVD set features exclusive behind the scenes footage, unforgettable performances, and a variety of bonus features.

The 3-disc DVD gives viewers front row seats to the best of Barbra Streisand, showcasing some of her most memorable concerts, special exclusives including 17 songs never-before released on DVD and behind-the-scenes moments with the artist.

Disc #1 captures the record-breaking, 2006 North American tour from the sold-out Ft. Lauderdale show, with special guest multi-platinum recording artist, Il Divo. Included are 10 songs never-before-seen on DVD, including "Unusual Way," "A Cockeyed Optimist," "When The Sun Comes Out" and "My Shining Hour," all of which are the first time Streisand has ever performed them either in the studio or live. Bonus features include five additional songs as well as interviews with the behind-the-scenes team who create and execute this musical and visually explosive experience.

Disc #2 allows fans to experience the unforgettable 1994 concert Live at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, CA that documents the magic of her first concert tour in 27 years. For the first time on DVD, this special concert includes the first-ever live performance of "Lazy Afternoon" and the "Yentl Medley." Throughout her career critics have been unanimous in their praise for Streisand making this DVD a remarkable compilation. Streisand's 2006 world tour garnered rave reviews across the nation.

Disc #3, "Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album," is the final disc and includes the DVD set's presentation of the two great Streisand concerts of the past 15 years.  With video and vintage performance footage from the '60s and '70s never before seen on DVD, disc #3 captures the most sensational recording and concert career of all time.  The disc, which book-ends the fabled stylist in her growth over a nearly half century span, showcases the electric voice and personality that instantly shot her to stardom beginning in the 1960s and solidified her unchallenged supremacy among female performing artists.  Bonus features include video performances from Streisand's Emmy award winning television specials including "People" from My Name Is Barbra 1965 , "Yesterdays" from Color Me Barbra 1966, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from The Belle of 14th Street 1967, "Silent Night (Sleep In Heavenly Peace) from A Happening In Central Park 1968 and "Cryin' Time (with Ray Charles)" from Barbra Streisand…And Other Musical Instruments 1973.  Disc #3 is jam-packed with exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage including the making of the award winning, number #1 album The Broadway Album and video clips from her childhood, extensive one-on-one interviews and a montage of the numerous awards she's received throughout the years.

To date, Barbra Streisand is the music industry's #1 best-selling female artist with 50 Gold, 30 Platinum and 13 Multi-Platinum albums. Streisand is second in the all-time charts, ahead of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, exceeded only by Elvis.  She continues to be the highest album-selling female recording artist ever, with 29 having achieved top ten status.  Streisand remains the only artist to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace, and Peabody Awards, and the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.