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.
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 Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 (two performances)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
Live broadcast performances, 1944 & 1946
Total duration: 2hr 14:21
Ania Dorfmann, piano
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Dame Myra Hess, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Broadcast performance, 1944
Total duration: 1hr 51:08
Rose Bampton Leonora
Chorus directed by Peter Wilhousky
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
Live broadcast performance, 1940
Total duration: 79:56
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Bruna Castagna, contralto
Jussi Björling, tenor
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Live broadcast recording, Carnegie Hall, 28th March, 1953
Total duration: 79:27
Lois Marshall, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Recorded by RCA in Carnegie Hall, New York on 30-31 March and 2 April, 1953
Total duration: 74:12
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Conley, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
