It's delightful, it's delicious, it's dlevy!

[ETA: I love how the arrangement and orchestration of this track reminds me of Super Mario Brothers.]

Michelle Nicastro: “All I Ask Of You” from The Phantom of the Opera
from her album On My Own

proving that not only do Lloyd Webber’s songs not require bombast, but that some of them actually benefit from an intimate reading 

I’ve been listening to Christmas music for a couple of weeks, but I think the Christmas season really kicked off today for me when I pulled A Broadway Christmas out of the binder and gave it a spin.

This is the opening number, “Be A Santa,” from Subways Are For Sleeping performed by the late, great Michelle Nicastro and the not-as-mysterious-as-he-thinks-he-is Guy Haines.