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.
CHERUBINIOverture to Anacréon
SMETANAThe Moldau
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'
Recorded live in 1945
Total duration 53:24
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
Recorded live in 1946
Total duration: 60:50
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
WAGNER A Faust Overture
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 1
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 3
WAGNER Tannhäuser - Overture
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
WAGNER Parsifal - Prelude
WAGNER-TOSCANINI Götterdämmerung - Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey
WAGNER Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries
WAGNER-TOSCANINI Parsifal - An Orchestral Synthesis
Live broadcast recordings, 1938 & 1940
Total duration: 2hr 27:22
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Fidelio Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:00
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:48
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:44
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
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