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.
HOLST The Planets
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Orchestral version)
Live broadcast recordings, 1943/44
Total duration: 71:28
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
HOVHANESS Symphony No. 1 'Exile' (1936, US première)
STRAVINSKY Symphony in C (1940, radio première)
HINDEMITH Symphony in E flat major (1940)
Live broadcast recordings, 1942-43
Total duration: 76:42
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
DEBUSSY (arr. Stokowski) La cathédrale engloutie
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
DEBUSSY Le martyre de saint Sébastien
DEBUSSY (arr. Stokowski) La soirée dans Grenade
MILHAUD Symphony No. 1, Op. 210
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2
Live broadcast recordings, 1943/44
Total duration: 79:26
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Festival Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
STRAVINSKY (arr. Stokowski) Petrushka Suite
Live broadcast recordings, 1941-44
Total duration: 2hr 32: 06
Nicola Moscona, bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet
Live broadcast recordings, 1944
Total duration: 67:29
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER (arr. Stokowski) Tristan und Isolde - Love Music
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude
WAGNER (arr. Stokowski) Die Walküre - Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music
Live broadcast recordings, 1942-44
Total duration: 69:07
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
