Stories of Symphonic Music
Lawrence Gilman
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the stories behind some famous and not so famous works. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (10 hr 16 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 10:40 | Read by Lynne T |
| THE ORCHESTRA AS POET, PAINTER, AND DRAMATIST | 14:51 | Read by Lynne T |
| BANTOCK | 9:42 | Read by Lynne T |
| BEETHOVEN | 22:28 | Read by WilkieMills |
| BERLIOZ | 22:55 | Read by WilkieMills |
| BIZET | 9:24 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| CHADWICK | 12:24 | Read by Monika M. C. |
| CHARPENTIER | 7:07 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| CHAUSSON | 9:00 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| CONVERSE | 12:24 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| DEBUSSY | 11:27 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| DUKAS | 9:04 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| DVOŘÁK | 16:08 | Read by Availle |
| ELGAR | 17:09 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| FRANCK | 13:39 | Read by Grant Hicks |
| GLAZOUNOFF | 8:11 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| GOLDMARK | 6:36 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| GRIEG | 6:38 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| HADLEY | 7:52 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| HUBER | 9:59 | Read by Monika M. C. |
| d'INDY | 11:27 | Read by Grant Hicks |
| LISZT | 59:14 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| LOEFFLER | 19:12 | Read by Grant Hicks |
| MAC DOWELL | 15:05 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| MENDELSSOHN | 19:46 | Read by Jan Moorehouse |
| RAFF | 16:30 | Read by DJRickyV |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF | 25:23 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| SAINT-SAËNS | 7:47 | Read by Monika M. C. |
| SCHUMANN | 9:32 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| SIBELIUS | 8:38 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| SMETANA | 5:04 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
| SPOHR | 7:36 | Read by Monika M. C. |
| STRAUSS part 1 | 46:56 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| STRAUSS part 2 | 26:34 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| TSCHAIKOWSKY | 34:10 | Read by Mayah |
| TSCHAIKOWSKY PART 2 | 44:58 | Read by Mayah |
| WAGNER | 11:28 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| WOLF | 9:21 | Read by schrm |