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Stories of Symphonic Music

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'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