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.
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
Recorded live in 1948
Duration 44:23
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
HANDEL Overture to Berenice
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3 in D, D200
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye
Recorded 1946
Total duration: 45:41
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Erich Kleiber
BACH-RESPIGHI Passacaglia and Fugue
MOZART Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
FRANCK Psyché et Eros
DEBUSSY Ibéria
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Live concert broadcast, 1937
Total duration: 76:11
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Pierre Monteux
WEBER Euryanthe - Overture
HANDEL Concerto Grosso In D
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 (mvts. 2 & 3)
GRIFFES The Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude
RAVEL Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
Live broadcast recording, 1937
Total duration: 78:27
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Pierre Monteux
R. Strauss Burleske
R. Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Studio and live recordings · 1952-57
Total duration: 67:28
Byron Janis, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
MOZART A Musical Joke
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody
DEBUSSY (orch. Henri Busser) Petite Suite
LIEBERMANN Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 1950-1954
Total duration: 67:20
Marian Anderson contralto
Robert Shaw Chorale of Men's Voices Robert Shaw
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Fritz Reiner
