Collegiate Chorale
The Collegiate Chorale was an American chorus founded by Robert Shaw in New York in 1941.
The ensemble became known for choral and choral-orchestral performances across classical and contemporary repertory.
It later continued under other artistic leadership as one of New York’s notable concert choruses.
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 Chorale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
BACH-STOKOWSKI Symphonic Transcriptions
Live studio broadcasts, 1941-44
Total duration: 77:11
Collegiate Chorale
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
Live & studio recordings, 1948-53
Ann McKnight, soprano
Jane Hobson, contralto
Irwin Dillon, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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