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.
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad'
Live broadcast recording, 1942
Total duration: 79:34
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
TCHAIKOVSKYSymphony No. 5
Encores by TCHAIKOVSKY, CHOPIN, HANDEL, IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, J STRAUSS
Studio recordings, 1947-1955
Total duration: 74:09
Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Butterworth, Cooley, Copland, Creston, Debussy, Gould, Hanson, Harris, Hindemith, Holst, Hovhaness, Kelly, Lavalle, Milhaud, Mohaupt, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Schuman, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Stringfield, Tchaikovsky, Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Wagner
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
COPLAND Short Symphony
MOHAUPT Concerto For Orchestra
LAVALLE Symphonic Rhumba
HANSON Symphony No. 4
AMFITHEATROF De Profundis Clamavi
ANTHEIL Symphony No. 4
SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto
Total duration: 2 hr 16:23
Live broadcast recordings, 1942-1944
Eduard Steuermann, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
SMETANA (arr. Szell) - From My Life
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Four Slavonic Dances
SMETANA Vltava
Broadcast recording, 1941
Total duration: 76:37
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by George Szell
MOZART Overture: Die Zauberflöte
MOZART Divertimento No. 15
MOZART Symphony No. 35, "Haffner"
Recorded live in 1946
Total duration: 59:15
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
