NBC Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was one of the world's fabled orchestras. David Sarnoff, chairman of RCA which owned both RCAVictor Records and NBC radio -- offered conductor Arturo Toscanini a specially-built orchestra of the highest standards.
Offering the highest salaries of any orchestra and a 52-week contract, NBC attracted top orchestral musicians: 21 of them were former section leaders of other orchestras. Artur Rodzinski molded them into a precision ensemble and Rodzinski led its first concerts. The orchestra took the air under Toscanini on Christmas day, 1937.
It was immediately ranked as one of the world's great orchestras, famous for its precise, lean sound, even though the players had to do routine radio work in addition to symphony concerts. For 17 years it was conducted by many leading world-class conductors; Leopold Stokowski was its co-conductor from 1941 to 1944. It made numerous classic recordings for RCA, sometimes recording as the "RCA Victor Symphony," including the famous recording of Richard Rodgers' Victory at Sea.
The orchestra had many distinguished alumni: violist William Primrose; violinist Josef Gingold; cellists Naoum Benditzky (of the Gordon Quartet) and Alan Shulman (Stuyvesant Quartet); and future conductors Milton Katims and Frank Brieff, to name just a few. Soloists who recorded with the orchestra included Marian Anderson, Vladimir Horowitz, Jascha Heifetz, and Artur Rubinstein. Some of these recordings, and a few complete opera recordings, were conducted by Fritz Reiner.
Toscanini retired after his April 4, 1954, concert. NBC laid the orchestra off, but it refused to die. Most of its members (with a few new players) reassembled as the Symphony of the Air, which went on to its own distinguished, if brief, renown.
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Guido Cantelli with Jascha Heifetz Mendelssohn Concerto
New York Philharmonic, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli, Jascha Heifetz
Klassik - Erschienen bei Archipel am 01.01.2009
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Mozart: Orchestral Works (Live)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Andromeda am 03.01.2007
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Tchaikovsky: The Last Three Symphonies (Live)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
Klassik - Erschienen bei Archipel am 01.12.2005
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Schumann 200th Anniversary Tribute - Toscanini, Walter - 1940 & 1946
Klassik - Erschienen bei Guild Music am 31.08.2010
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Berlioz, H.: Harold in Italy / Les Francs-Juges / Romeo Et Juliette: Love Scene / Rakoczy March (Nbc Symphony, Toscanini) (1939, 1941)
William Primrose, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.04.2011
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Toscanini Conducts Tchaikovsky (1941-1944)
Vladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.06.2013
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Arturo Toscanini Conducts Franck (1938-1952)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.04.2011
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Cherubini, Smetana & Mendelssohn: Anacréon, ou L’amour fugitif - Má vlast - Symphony NO. 5, OP.107 (Live)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Altair am 17.03.2022
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Wagner: Overtures & Other Orchestral Works (Live)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Guido Cantelli
Klassik - Erschienen bei Artemisia am 20.01.2023
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Classical Masters: Beethoven Selections (Symphonie No. 5 Op. 67 C-Moll (Schicksals-Sinfonie) & Symphonie No. 7 Op. 92 In A-Dur
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carinco AG am 06.12.2005
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, OP. 64
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Heifetz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Altair am 03.08.2022
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Graener, Barber & Debussy: Die Flöte von Sanssouci - Adagio for Strings, OP. 11 - Essay for Orchestra NO. 1 - Images, Ibéria
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Altair am 04.04.2022
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Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Handel, Ippolitov-Ivanov & J Strauss II: Symphony No. 5 - Solitude - Humoresque - Preludes - Pastorale - In A Manger - Tales from the Vienna Woods - On The Beautiful Blue Danube
Léopold Stokowski, Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 27.01.2022
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Beethoven: Sinfonia n. 2 - Sinfonia n. 4
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Infinity am 06.11.2020
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Wagner: Tannhäuser Prelude to Act III (Original version) -Seigfried Idyll - Götterdammerüng, Dawn and Rhine Journey - Die Meistersinger, Prelude, Act 1
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 03.08.2021
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Bizet & Gershwin: La Jolie Fille de Perth - L'Arlésienne - Carmen - An American in Paris
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 23.05.2021
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Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei ArnebAudio am 25.04.2024
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Bizet & Gershwin: La Jolie Fille de Perth, Gb 6 - L’Arlésienne Suite NO.1 & 2, Gb 121 - Carmen Suite NO.1 - An American in Paris
Klassik - Erschienen bei Altair am 08.02.2023
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Tchaikovsky & Beethoven (Live)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Spivakovsky
Klavierkonzerte - Erschienen bei Altair am 30.06.2023
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Live)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
Klassik - Erschienen bei Archipel am 04.03.2022
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Mendelssohn: Scherzo du Songe d'une nuit d'été - Kabalevsky: Ouverture de Colas Breugnon (Mono Version)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1952
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