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.
HANDEL-HARTY Water Music Suite
SIBELIUS Pohjola's Daughter
DEBUSSY Nocturnes: Nuages, Fêtes
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Live broadcast recording, 1937
Total duration: 79:29
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Suite
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Live studio broadcast, 1937
Total duration: 79:02
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
HAYDN Symphony No. 100 'Military'
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
R. STRAUSS Dance of the Seven Veils
Studio broadcast recording, 1937
Total duration: 75:55
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
FRANCK Symphony in D minor
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5
Studio recordings, 1939-41
Total duration: 2hr 20:33
NBC Symphony Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
ALBÉNIZ Ibéria - El Corpus en Sevilla
BACH Toccata & Fugue in D minor
BACH Two Chorales
BARBER Symphony in One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SCHREKER Der Geburtstag der Infantin
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
STAROKADOMSKY Concerto for Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus - Overture
J. STRAUSS II Tales from the Vienna Woods
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture
Broadcast recordings, 1938
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
ALBÉNIZ Ibéria: El Corpus En Sevilla
BARBER Symphony In One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Symphony no. 1
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 5
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture
Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 35:57
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
