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.
CRESTON Choric Dance No. 2
GOULD Lincoln Legend
GERSHWIN Rhapsody In Blue
Live broadcast recording, 1942
Total duration: 54:03
Arturo Toscanini conductor
Earl Wild, piano
Benny Goodman, clarinet
NBC Symphony Orchestra
GILBERT Comedy Overture on Negro Themes
KENNEN Night Soliloquy
GRIFFES The White Peacock
GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite
Recorded 1943
Total duration: 53:46
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Arturo Toscanini
BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture
Gesang der Parzen
Haydn Variations
Hungarian Dances
Tragic Overture
Live and studio recordings, 1948-53
Total duration: 64:12
Robert Shaw Chorale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Recorded in 1951 and 1952
Total duration: 2hr 36:17
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
KABALEVSKY Symphony No. 2
KABALEVSKY Overture to Colas Breugnon
Live broadcast recordings, 1939-47
Total duration: 74:56
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
FRANCK Symphony in D minor
FRANCK Psyché et Eros
FRANCK Les Éolides
FRANCK Rédemption
Live broadcast recordings, 1940-52
Total duration: 69:35
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
