Lawrence Whisonant
Lawrence Whisonant was a tenor represented in the Pristine catalogue through Stokowski’s 1941 Beethoven Ninth with the NBC Symphony Orchestra and Westminster Choir.
The release places him with Anne Brown, Winifred Heidt and William Horne in a major wartime American Beethoven broadcast context.
Because wider public biographical detail is limited, this note remains tied to the recording evidence.
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Live broadcast recording, 1941
Total duration: 66:04
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, BUTTERWORTH, Cooley, COPLAND, Creston, DEBUSSY, GOULD, HANSON, HARRIS, HINDEMITH, HOLST, Hovhaness, KELLY, LAVALLE, MILHAUD, Mohaupt, RAVEL, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SCHOENBERG, Schuman, SHOSTAKOVICH, STRAVINSKY, Stringfield, TCHAIKOVSKY, Thomson, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, WAGNER
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
