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.
VERDI Luisa Miller - Don Carlo - Un ballo in maschera -La forza del destino - Rigoletto excerpts
Live recording · 1943
Total duration: 64:14
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Frank Valentino, baritone
Nicola Moscona, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Live recording · 1941
Total duration: 2hr 9:43
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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 - Symphonies 1 - 9
Ann McKnight, soprano
Jane Hobson, contralto
Irwin Dillon, tenor
Norman Scott, bass
Collegiate Chorale, dir. Robert Shaw
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
Live & studio recordings, 1949-53
Total duration: 2hr 11:36
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Live & studio recordings, 1951-52
Total duration: 2hr 09:30
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
