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.
BACH-STOKOWSKI Symphonic Transcriptions
Live studio broadcasts, 1941-44
Total duration: 77:11
Collegiate Chorale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Live broadcast recording, 1941
Total duration: 66:04
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Live broadcast recordings, 1941
Total duration: 74:58
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
PURCELL-STOKOWSKI “When I am laid in earth” (Dido and Aeneas)
TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile from Symphony No. 5; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker
PROKOFIEV Three excerpts from The Love for Three Oranges
Studio recordings, 1941-50
Total duration: 65:02
New York City Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
GOULD Spirituals
STRINGFIELD A Symphonic Patrol
CRESTON Chant For 1942
SCHUMAN Prayer, 1943
THOMSON The Plow That Broke The Plains
KELLY Sunset Reflections
COOLEY Promenade
HARRIS Folk Rhythms Of Today
Broadcast recordings, 1941-44
Total duration: 79:38
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
WAGNER Parsifal: Good Friday Music
WAGNER Parsifal: Act 3 - Symphonic Synthesis
Live broadcast recordings, 1942/43
Total duration: 2hr 32:37
Collegiate Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
