Collegiate Choir
The Collegiate Choir was an American choral ensemble associated with Robert Shaw’s New York choral work.
The name is closely related to the Collegiate Chorale, founded by Shaw in 1941.
The ensemble was used for choral and choral-orchestral repertory in concert and broadcast settings.
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Unbroadcast live performance, 1945
Total duration: 76:06
Norma Andreotti, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Lorenzo Alvary, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
WAGNER Parsifal: Good Friday Music
WAGNER Parsifal: Act 3 - Symphonic Synthesis
Live broadcast recordings, 1942/43
Total duration: 2hr 32:37
Collegiate Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Live recording, 1948
Total duration: 73:02
Ann McKnight, soprano
Jane Hobson, contralto
Irwin Dillon, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN - Symphonies 1 - 9
Ann McKnight, soprano
Jane Hobson, contralto
Irwin Dillon, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
