The Hollywood Musicals

Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 16, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B000002676
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,126 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent selection of songs by a suberb singer, March 28, 1999

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This review is from: The Hollywood Musicals (Audio CD)

The combination of songs in this collection pay tribute both to the vocal abilities of Johnny Mathis and the musical abilities of Henry Mancini. The quality of the music they produce together is superb. My favorite song is "Time After Time". It's a beautiful piece and a lovely sentiment. I enjoy this CD because most of the pieces aren't on other Johnny Mathis collections.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quintessential Mathis, November 4, 2002

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Dennis Brislen (Omaha, Ne USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hollywood Musicals (Audio CD)

Take a seasoned pro...no, take two seasoned pros like Johnny Mathis and Henry Mancini, great movie musical standards and the result is near perfection.

Mathis is at his best on this cd vocally and interpretively. An added bonus features a couple of piano solos by Mancini along with his excellent arranging and use of choral background.

Mathis' version of WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR is almost the equal of Cliff Edwards soundtrack Oscar nominated PINOCCHIO version. He is the only singer I've heard do justice to the song besides Edwards. There is not a bad track on this effort...you will listen to it over and over again.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb tribute to Hollywod, Johnny Mathis and Mancini, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hollywood Musicals (Audio CD)

This album is both a tribute to the best in Hollywood and a testimony to the musical skills of Johnny Mathis and Henry Mancini. From the moment the orchestration begins on "You Stepped Out of a Dream", we know that we're in for a real treat.

The nasal tenor which has become Mathis's trademark is in fine form for this 1986 collaboration with "Pink Panther" composer, the late Henry Mancini.

Highlights on the album are "Whistling Away the Dark" and the medley at the end of the album of three Burke/Van Heusen songs.

Those who think Frank Sinatra was the best artist at "phrasing" a song (as in enunciating the words with feeling rather than just in line with melody) might want to rethink after they hear Johnny Mathis's timeless vocals on songs such as "Crazy World" and "True Love".

This is an album you will listen to again, and again, and again!