NBC Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was an American radio orchestra created in 1937 for the National Broadcasting Company.
It was formed especially for Arturo Toscanini, who became its most famous conductor.
The orchestra was central to American broadcast music and to mid-twentieth-century orchestral recording.
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
Live recordings, 1942-44
Total duration: 73:08
Adolf Busch, violin
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
conducted by William Steinberg
National Orchestral Association
conducted by Léon Barzin
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frank Black
DEBUSSY Jeux
DEBUSSY Images: Gigues
DEBUSSY Images: Ibéria
DEBUSSY Six épigraphes antiques (arr. Ansermet)
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
RAVEL La Valse
RAVEL Rapsodie Espagnole
CHABRIER España
HONEGGER Horace Victorieux
MARTIN Petite Symphonie concertante
Live broadcast recordings, 1948-50
Total duration: 2hr 32:56
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Ernest Ansermet
BLITZSTEIN Airborne Symphony
GILLIS Motor Perpetuo
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
Live broadcast performances, 1946
Total duration: 74:20
Charles Holland, tenor
Walter Scheff, baritone
Marc Blitzstein, The Monitor (narrator)
Leonard Bernstein, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Leonard Bernstein
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4
WALTON Viola Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
HOLST A Fugal Concerto
COPLAND El Salón México
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad, Rhapsody
BUSONI Comedy Overture*
Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 40:41 (CDs: 2hr 34:04)
William Primrose, viola
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
*Bonus track supplied with downloads only
GHEDINI Pezzo concertante
CASELLA Paganiniana
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Live broadcast recording, 1949
Total duration: 57:21
Mischa Mischakoff, violin
Max Hollander, violin
Carlton Cooley, viola
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli
STRAVINSKY Jeu de Cartes
BETTINELLI Invenzione No. 1
HINDEMITH Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser
RAVEL La Valse
Recorded 1949-54
Total duration: 59:45
Boston Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli