Description:
The Art of Romance is a record, as described by producer Phil Ramone, "that communicates with those in love, out of love and everywhere in between." Love isn't all rosy, of course, and it's rendered in such saloon song soft focus by Bennett and his small group plus light string accompaniment that it never sounds passe. The Art of Romance marks the debut of these 11 songs in his recorded repertoire. While a few are classics that are nearly as old as Bennett himself, many of them are rarely performed nuggets from the post vocal era, by such composers as Johnny Mandel, Stephen Sondheim, and Alan and Marilyn Bergman. |