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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Vivaldi, Mozart & Brahms: Concerto Grosso - Symphonies No. 40 & No. 1
Mischa Mischakoff, Edwin Bachman, Oswaldo Mazzuchi, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Infinity am 28.09.2021
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Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Arthur Rubinstein, NBC Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg, RCA Victor Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music Maestros am 01.08.2020
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Heifetz and Violin Concertos, Vol. 2
Jascha Heifetz, Emmanuel Bay, Arturo Toscanini, Sir Thomas Beecham,Charles Munch, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Boston Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 14.12.2022
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Arturo toscanini collection-, Vol. 10 (Symphony N. 35 "Haffner")
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mangora Classical am 02.08.2022
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Cherubini, Mozart & Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Klassik - Erschienen bei Stradivarius am 03.05.2019
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Arturo toscanini: mozart symphonies, Vol. 11
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mangora Classical am 20.10.2022
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Arturo toscanini collection-, Vol. 7
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Haydn
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mangora Classical am 11.08.2022
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Amfitheatrof, antheil & schönberg: de profundis clamavi - symphony no. 4 - piano concerto
Eduard Steuermann, Léopold Stokowski, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 23.05.2022
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Wagner, Purcell, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev
Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra, New York Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Altair am 17.03.2023
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Rossini & Tchaikovsky: The Siege of Corinth, Overture - Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
Guido Cantelli, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 30.08.2021
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Graener, Barber, Debussy & Dvorák: Die Flöte von Sanssouci - Adagio for Strings - Essay for Orchestra No. 1, world première performance - Ibéria - Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 20.01.2022
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Stravinsky, Bettinelli, Hindemith & Ravel: Jeu de Cartes - Invenzione No. 1 - Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser - La Valse
Guido Cantelli, Boston Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Infinity am 20.01.2022
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Loeffler, Gershwin, Gilbert & Grofé
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Earl Wild, Benny Goodman
Klassik - Erschienen bei Altair am 15.06.2023
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Toscanini prova La traviata (Highlights Recorded 1946)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Unknown Artist
Oper - Erschienen bei Sheva Collection am 01.01.2017
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D 944 "The Great"
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Classic Style am 02.02.2013
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Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Symphony NO. 3, OP. 55
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Altair am 17.05.2023
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Stravinsky: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2022) [Live]
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
Klassik - Erschienen bei Archipel am 02.09.2022
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Symphony No.1 In C Major, OP. 21 / Symphony No.2 In D Major, OP. 36
Klassik - Erschienen bei Olympic Records am 17.07.1965
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Beethoven Bouquet Creatures Of Prometheus Quartette No. 16, Septet
Klassik - Erschienen bei Olympic Records am 20.07.1965
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Robert Schumann Symphony No.3
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei In Vinyl We Trust am 16.09.2022
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