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.
ROSSINI Overture to The Siege of Corinth
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
Recorded 1953
Total duration: 53:46
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli
ROSSINI Overture from La Cenerentola
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Recorded live in 1954, New York City
Total duration: 49:04
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Guido Cantelli
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet
SHULMAN A Laurentian Overture
Live concert recordings, 1952
Total duration: 72:08
NBC Symphony Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler
Recorded live in 1949
Total duration: 56:34
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
Recorded 1944, 1949 and 1959
Total duration: 73:01
Jascha Heifetz, violin
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Arturo Toscanini
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor Charles Munch
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
Recorded in 1941
Duration 29:48
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
