Dear Heart/Girl From Ipanema/Mr Lucky/Soldier In The Rain/(I Love You &)Don’t You Forget It/Song About Love/How Soon/The New Frankie & Johnnie Song/Mostly For Lovers/Man’s Favourite Sport/Can’t Buy Me Love/Dream
Dear Heart provided leading conductor Henry Mancini with his penultimate US top twenty entry. The emphasis is on choral rather than orchestral arrangements. Contains the UK top ten hit single How Soon. (US:11)
"Dear Heart & Other Songs About Love is billed as Henry Mancini's first all-choral album, but he had worked with a vocal chorus many times in the past, so the 'departure' is not very unusual. The vocals and instrumentation are credited to Henry Mancini & His Orchestra & Chorus, an assemblage of studio artists. The songs encompass soundtrack cuts Dear Heart, recent hits The Girl From Ipanema, assorted pop compositions, and one delightful novelty The New Frankie & Johnnie Song."
"Mancini is better known for his orchestral arrangements - his choral arrangements are well-done, but not as 'intriguingly original' as the liner notes would lead you to believe. Dear Heart & Other Songs About Love lacks the readily identifiable sound of a Ray Conniff, for example, but is similar in tone and construction. A vocal version of Mancini's theme, Mr. Lucky, is one item of special interest on this album."
"Glorious, classy, wonderful Mancini. Here you'll find some rare specialities like a vocal version of Mr. Lucky and some other choir takes by that irresistible Mancini choir team."
"From the great art cover to the great tracks - Mancini here uses a chorus as opposed to his usual instrumental approach - a great album. I've heard this thousands of times over the years and will hear it thousands of times again. Moody, pleasant and great having on while playing canasta." "Dear Heart sounds too much like Moon River, and yes I am aware both belong to the late great Henry Mancini, but anyway the song is beautiful, but the movie with Glenn Ford and the great Geraldine Page, which it comes from, is even better."
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