I love the bits where you can hear he's restraining laughter. It's nice to a narrator enjoys what he's reading.
@TheLambLive
4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked at Nimbus records. As a very young child I got first hand experience of this performance. I listened to it, and the looking glass, sooo many times. Sir John was something absolutely special that I'm not sure exists in the world anymore.
@andrewthomas891
5 ай бұрын
very beautiful awesome memory. Thanks for sharing
@dblvictory
6 жыл бұрын
Beautifully read by Sir John. Note: the music only plays for a short time at the beginning and at the very end. Thanks for posting this, Roman.
@nimratmand3318
4 жыл бұрын
Is this the full audiobook?
@jennifermcdonald5432
7 жыл бұрын
Finally!! The other six or seven versions I have listened to seem to think it's a race to get to the end. I love this book, and now I listen to it to relax and unwind. With most versions they read so fast they run the words into each other. I don't want to have to work hard to hear the story, I like to relax and let the story wash over me. Sir John reads it perfectly, every word is clearly enunciated. My only problem is the music, although lovely, sometimes drowns out the voice!
@sharsimma
5 жыл бұрын
Three words; Sir John Gielgud.
@iricdestret
4 жыл бұрын
IF I MAY CALL YOU JENNY.......JENNY YOU MUST LISTEN MORE INTENTLY DURING THE PASSAGES OF MUSIC
@craigdylan3953
3 жыл бұрын
@@sharsimma NOthing worse than these bad voices trying to talk as FAST as possible. It's important to be slow and accurate and calm. It's not a race , it's a reading...get into it...
@beth_0498
3 жыл бұрын
Don't be shy, give me the link to the fast ones. I have to listen to this for a project. I don't want to listen to it any longer then i have to lmao.
@r.a.russell7803
2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@eduardo_corrochio
6 жыл бұрын
Such a pleasant experience. Feels like we are seated near him, in some elegant old drawing room somewhere, and maybe some tea has been prepared. The brief musical interludes are very pretty, and luckily they don't interfere with the reading-- it's merely an intro/interlude to establish mood or to bridge chapters, and doesn't interfere with Gielgud's perfect and proper narration. He's clearly enjoying this, the character voices and such.
@salt_cots
6 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely magical. I cannot think of a voice I'd rather hear reading this work.
@reillyjarrosiak63
3 жыл бұрын
YAYA
@SUPER_WOLFMOON
3 жыл бұрын
So true! Such a lovely man!
@gregoryblaska1586
Жыл бұрын
Well, this is a treat! I always wondered what this particular read version sounded like and it is quite good! Lovely to hear the Victorian tone kept front and center. While a big fan of the late Christopher Plummer, I was disappointed with his move towards trendy characterizations in his recording of the complete ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Plummer was such an excellent actor and why he stooped to that level of spoon-feeding listeners is beyond me. My absolute favorite recorded reading of both ALICE books remains the complete texts read and performed by Cyril Ritchard with incidental music composed by Alec Wilder. I still have the big boxed 33 rpm LP-recording sets with the facsimile first edition volumes tucked into a cardboard pocket behind the records. After sixty-some years nothing tops those two treasures. They were clearly an act of love for Ritchard who really understood those classics' elements of nonsensical absurdity and fun. For adapted dramatized renderings nothing beats the 1950s CAEDMON recordings with Joan Greenwood as Alice and Stanley Holloway as the narrator leading an exemplary British cast. While abridged they are respectful to the letter of Carroll's text and after hearing Greenwood's unique vocalization one would be hard pressed to imagine anybody else; she gets Alice's essential sophisticated determination and her "inner adult". Thanks very much for posting this!
@j4r3d29
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve listened to this audiobook three times in the past two months (at work)… very fun way to pass time.
@judyjohannesen-ryan917
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! One forgets about problems while listening. I think the music adds to the recording.
@Dan-sq4im
3 жыл бұрын
So magical. You go down a rabbit hole and come back up stronger.
@jp.dlamini
5 жыл бұрын
Love the musical interludes. Great read. In fact, using this voice in my head I can write in The Style of Lewis Carroll with greater ease.
@mckavitt
6 жыл бұрын
Now this is a most apt reading!! Bravo!! Many thanks for sharing. 👏
@RapunzelinOttawa
8 жыл бұрын
The music appears to cover the introductions and conclusions of each chapter.
@omg9261
Жыл бұрын
Love this voice actor the most. Thank you for the upload 💛
@b.terenceharwick3222
8 жыл бұрын
Beautifully read...
@dmisso42
Ай бұрын
My mother read me the Alice stories (as well as the Just So stories and Mary Poppins). She sang all the songs rather more tunefully than Sir John! That was in 1950.
@sapphicnickel
4 жыл бұрын
Hot take: I like the music and think it adds to the experience
@MissAmyNic
2 жыл бұрын
I was reading along with this (I'm dyslexic and was hoping this would help keep my brain focused and stop my eyes wandering the pages) and I had to stop a few pages in because several chunks or even whole paragraphs are missing in the audio. Pretty disappointed :(
@randas.128
5 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully read ! Thank you !
@lyucyselkieoizys8411
5 жыл бұрын
I am glad to find this! Good voice!
@joytekb
4 жыл бұрын
I think sir John Gielgud would be pleased to read this comment.I am just amused.:)
@wallacewilliams535
2 жыл бұрын
@@joytekb d'ye think he had any formal training or experience?
@amandaboyette7379
5 жыл бұрын
This is so pleasant and charming. I love it.
@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful name you have as well as pfp, and it's nice to meet you. And yeah, I love Alice In Wonderland very much myself.
@cowboykelly6590
4 жыл бұрын
SPECTACULAR!! Thank You For This.
@Mochimooni86
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and tranquil
@VanityDreamz
5 жыл бұрын
godamnit!! i just wanna hear it while sleepin but these adds are killing me!! ugh, ill just have to download it...
@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's probably better. Nothing to interrupt your personal download.😉
@josephmetz890
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful music.
@dryu7879
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, very optimistic.... Like at funeral
@loveagcummings2999
8 жыл бұрын
wonderful i must buy the book
@barbaracarlson254
4 жыл бұрын
marvelous!
@stephenreeds3672
Жыл бұрын
A shame that there are parts missed out... The Caucus Race, The White Rabbit's House, the song in the Duchess' Kitchen. Why?
@alejandromardueno3659
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you this WILL HELP ME WITH MY AR
@Cat911ramos
7 жыл бұрын
lovely music is besides the point. it obscures the voice, the reading of the book. that is almost as bad as a voice (loud talk) obscuring the music at a concert! It's sad to me that I cannot enjoy such a lovely, dreamy reading because I can barely hear it above the music. if I could download, separate the voice and music tracks, and lower the music track a few decibels, I'd totally do that. I'd also never hire this sound engineer.
@mistergacado4400
4 жыл бұрын
?? I'm pretty sure the music is played on it's own as short interludes between chapters
@Wisehousepublishingunlimited
7 жыл бұрын
Now published - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll here: a.co/afKyx2o Also available on free ebook.
@JMDinOKC
3 жыл бұрын
It is SO disappointing that Gielgud, who is surely among the best "Alice" readers, reads abridged versions of both this book and "Through the Looking-Glass." And the echo gives his voice an annoying booming quality.
@paddymeboy
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he sounds like he's in another room, it's a real shame.
@valentinefrey5164
2 жыл бұрын
I think this is Alice's Adventures Underground, the original shorter version which later grew into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
@JMDinOKC
2 жыл бұрын
@@valentinefrey5164 However, there was only one version of TTLG, and Gielgud also reads an abridged version of that. The best unabridged recordings are by Cyril Ritchard.
@valentinefrey5164
2 жыл бұрын
@@JMDinOKC Interesting. I had assumed this was Alice's Adventures Underground because of the text that gets Alice directly the hallway to the forest that doesn't occur in Alice in Wonderland. In any case, I'm very happy we have this, abridged or not.
@Vejur9000
3 жыл бұрын
Why does it sound as if it was recorded in the room next door? Am I the only one who can barely hear his great voice and acting?????
@WadeWeigle
2 жыл бұрын
The classical segments are a bit too long for my tastes. Had it been a small pause between chapters it would be very pleasant but as it is, it’s fairly distracting. An excellent reading however as Sir Gielgud’s voice is always pleasing to listen to. Thank you for sharing this.
@chefcabbage
6 жыл бұрын
I can't hear the words because of the music!
@1trickshotatatime152
2 жыл бұрын
You made my teacher make me to whatch this
@enharmonics
7 жыл бұрын
I'm very confused as to why several sections of the story are missing, like the Caucus Race and getting trapped in the Rabbit's house.
@moitanx
6 жыл бұрын
Permanent Placeholder it's abridged
@trenttrent3298
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah this isn't the real version.
@cloudthegoodkatch
3 жыл бұрын
CAN ANYONE PLEASE DIRECT ME TO WHEN ALICE SAYS “things were much more pleasant at home, when one wasn’t growing smaller and larger and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn’t gone down the rabbit hole- and yet-“
@bluyun
7 жыл бұрын
what songs are playing in the background? i love them
@RomanStyran
7 жыл бұрын
+mali Extracts from Mendelssohn's string symphonies and Boyce's symphonies.
@bluyun
7 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot
@sergeant5848
Жыл бұрын
Forget this youtube copy. Audio is terrible. Sounds like Sir John is reading out loud in the basement with the door closed and I'm upstairs by the fire!
@aimeefritz9186
3 жыл бұрын
Bookmark: 1:13:45
@levbog7967
4 ай бұрын
1:25:38 for those doing wolsey hall
@lolikpof
4 жыл бұрын
Why is this version different from most???
@rnjsrw96
3 жыл бұрын
Hello I'd like to use this video for our purpose. How can I contact you?
@smsjsjdj8319
4 жыл бұрын
Mi assistant manager on google took me here
@jimstormcrow
8 жыл бұрын
Bliss.
@lorettanze1705
10 ай бұрын
The music should not have been allowed to obscure his wonderful voice.
@mudswallow5074
2 жыл бұрын
Abridged. Heavily 😞
@laurenstygar7996
4 жыл бұрын
Hey...just a state of mind. TEA NOW!
@zyral.f.6938
3 жыл бұрын
Misleading title since abridged with music excerpts, not to mention a fuckton of ads.
@Viper_Dox
2 жыл бұрын
Book mark for myself: 41:46 47:00
@jacktoddy9783
4 жыл бұрын
Why is Sir John Gielgud reading this book in the lavatory?
@cowboykelly6590
4 жыл бұрын
BAHAHAHA...
@adorothyinkansas4392
4 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows you get perfect resonance in a bathroom! And, I'm told "great lighting" for 'insta' pictures! 💁🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️😜😬
@wallacewilliams535
2 жыл бұрын
he had heard everything sounds better in the shower, but he didn't want to get the book wet.
@alisaminnies1487
3 жыл бұрын
bookmark 1:04:95
@cliftoncoles6451
2 жыл бұрын
So many cuts! :(
@katietew2528
6 жыл бұрын
58:28
@EricBrettJones
7 жыл бұрын
The reverb was added later?
@RomanStyran
7 жыл бұрын
+Eric Brett Jones nothing has been added
@EricBrettJones
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for clearing that up. It is a very strange production, I imagined Geilgud would have less clutter.
@salt_cots
6 жыл бұрын
No reverb, so far as I understand. Nimbus believed in recording in a very fine hall on the English/Welsh border. Their website says: “The recordings were made in the Ballroom of the beautiful Victorian Wyastone Leys house, resulting in a fairly resonant acoustic.”
@TheLambLive
6 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked there at the time, was a friend of Count Labinsky. You're absolutely right. I listened to this over and over as a kid.
@wallacewilliams535
2 жыл бұрын
that's just the natural echo of the room it was recorded in. you realize that Gielgud was an actor and not a sound engineer, right? the room choice may have been intentional, as a touch of echo was considered to lend authority to a voice (Roddy MacDowell and John Houston took advantage of this endlessly) but I'll bet that Sir John left the engineering to the engineers and the direction to the directors. simpler times.
@thesadwalrus6599
4 жыл бұрын
1:10:16
@lolikpof
4 жыл бұрын
16:09
@fokusnikfm
3 жыл бұрын
16:00
@thallesvinicius2729
2 жыл бұрын
02:53
@thesadwalrus6599
4 жыл бұрын
54:45
@Jordan_field
5 жыл бұрын
this is diffrent tothe movie
@ele9872
4 жыл бұрын
2:53( to save my spot :)
@allangamayev3614
4 жыл бұрын
!!!!!!!!!!!!
@tonymatthews7330
4 жыл бұрын
the sound quality is poor. too bad
@peterfreeman6677
3 жыл бұрын
The sound levels are rather muted. It's as if he's reading aloud in the next room.
@royrain5210
2 жыл бұрын
Why the anoying music
@elizabethbower2168
3 жыл бұрын
He might be a good actor but he is a very poor narrator
@LUCYCORNEY
7 жыл бұрын
Rubbish LoL
@manylittlefish693
6 жыл бұрын
Lucy Corney Are your describing yourself?
@tinytuesday3237
6 жыл бұрын
Ms. Zombangle are your trying to be funny?
@cantagiousca5220
Жыл бұрын
Audio is terrible,sounds like the author is reading it from inside a whale,the music drowns out the words
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