Lucien Desar's 'Alice in Wonderland Suite'

A Musical Journey to Wonderland

Lucien Desar, an eclectic composer in every sense of the term, dabbles occasionally in Neo-Classical works, though his body of work is Gothic pop. His “Alice in Wonderland Suite” is a spectacular combination of narrated introductions to various chapters of the book, and his musical interpretations of them. (Alise Ashby, a young actress from Winchester, UK, who just happens to have a lovely soft-but-no-nonsense voice that was perfect for Alice, narrates. That accent . . . !)

I highly recommend the work, but nullius in verba. You can listen for yourself, and see if you’re as intrigued as I was when I first heard it. The track list is below, and all samples provided by either CDBaby (the vendor) or by Desar himself you can find here.

Track List

  1. Down The Rabbit Hole (narration)
  2. Down The Rabbit Hole
  3. A Caucus Race (narration)
  4. A Caucus Race
  5. Advice From A Caterpillar (narration)
  6. Advice From A Caterpillar (1:30)
  7. The Cheshire Cat (narration) (0:16)
  8. The Cheshire Cat (0:55) — Entire (2:23)
  9. A Mad Tea Party (narration) (0:22)
  10. A Mad Tea Party (2:00)
  11. Mock Turtle Story (narration)
  12. Mock Turtle Story
  13. Who Stole The Tarts? (narration) (0:24)
  14. Who Stole The Tarts? (0:51)
  15. Nothing But A Pack Of Cards! (narration)
  16. Nothing But A Pack Of Cards! (Finale) (0:58)
  17. The End (For Now) (narration)
  18. Piano Sonata V
  19. What We Felt At Clonmacnoise
  20. Little Black Cat (instrumental version) (2:00) — Alternate (0:50)
  21. Flight Across The Moor
    22. Total time: twenty minutes

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