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Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album is Johnny Mathis's new album of standards, performed with his peerless and ageless style. The recording sessions were produced, arranged and conducted by Grammy winner Jorge Calandrelli.

On Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album, Mathis brings his intimate vocal mastery to 10 shimmering compositions written by some of the greatest songwriters of all time. He breathes new life into these 10 classic selections, each song hand-picked by Mathis himself from his personal record collection, combining a freshness of style and approach with his inimitable warmth and reassuring familiarity. Songs on Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album include Roger's and Hart's "Isn't It Romantic," George & Ira Gershwin's "Love Is Here To Stay," Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Dindi," Lerner & Lowe's "Almost Like Being In Love," and Harold Arlen's immortal "Over The Rainbow," performed here by Johnny Mathis and Ray Charles (the duet also appears on Charles' Grammy-nominated Genius Loves Company album). On his new album, Mathis also delivers a tender performance of pop songwriter Paul Williams' children's classic, "The Rainbow Connection," originally written for The Muppets.

"Entire generations have loved and fallen in love to his music," writes Jay Landers in his liner notes for Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album. "He doesn't so much sing a song as caress it. His emotional connection to the material... especially the good songs... the well-written turn of phrase and haunting melody... his oneness with the words and music, is somehow instinctually absorbed by the listener. It has been that way for nearly half a century and we can safely assume that it will always be so."

JOHNNY MATHIS ON TOUR!

Johnny Mathis will perform songs from Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album, as well as classics from his timeless repertoire, at select venues in 2005 (see performance schedule following).

Johnny Mathis Live Performances - 2005

January 29, 2005 Greenville, SC
Peace Center for the Performing Arts
January 31, 2005 Sarasota, FL Van Wezel Performing Arts Center
February 11, 2005 Brooks, CA Cache Creek Casino
February 13, 2005 Redwood City, CA Fox Theatre
March 18, 2005 Washington, DC Kennedy Center
May 13, 2005 Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
May 15, 2005 Philadelphia, PA Kimmel Center
June 3 & 4, 2005 Atlantic City, NJ Caesars Atlantic City
June 24 & 25, 2005 Baltimore, MD Meyerhoff Symphony