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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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 - Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Paru chez Praga Digitals le 1 août 2016
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Violin Concertos (Heifetz) (1939-1940)
Jascha Heifetz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Serge Koussevitzky
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 11 juin 2000
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Verdi: Requiem (Live Recording, Mono Version)
Herva Nelli, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1955
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 6 "Pastorale" (Mono Version)
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1953
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BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO No. 2 (REHEARSAL) (Remaster)
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Horowitz
Classique - Paru chez Nar Classical le 29 janv. 2024
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VERDI: AIDA Ouverture & WAGNER: DER FLIEGENDE HÖLLANDER Ouverture
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Nar Classical le 15 janv. 2024
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 - Debussy: La Mer (Mono Version)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1953
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Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 & Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 (Mono Version)
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1956
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The Best of Horowitz on the Piano, vol. 3
Vladimir Horowitz, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Infinity le 12 déc. 2022
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3 "Héroïque" (Mono Version)
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1953
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Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B Minor — Conducted by Carlos Kleiber (Recordedd in 1972) and Erich Kleiber [Recorded 1947]
Carlos Kleiber, Erich Kleiber, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2004
5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Symphonie No. 35 "Haffner" - Haydn: Symphonie No. 101 "L'horloge" (Mono Version)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1952
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Bach: Air de la Suite orchestrale No. 3 - Gluck: Danse des esprits bienheureux d'Orphée et Eurydice (Mono Version)
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1952
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor & Symphony No. 2 in D Major
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski's Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Signum-Cala le 26 avr. 2019
Diapason d'or16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vaughan Williams - Antheil - Butterworth
Classique - Paru chez Cala Records le 1 janv. 2000
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works (Live) [Remastered 2022]
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Classique - Paru chez Archipel le 2 déc. 2022
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The Complete Solo Recordings
Harold Samuel, APR Recordings, Isolde Menges, Frank Black, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez APR le 15 oct. 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27 (Live) [Remastered 2022]
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
Classique - Paru chez Archipel le 3 févr. 2023
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Beethoven, L. Van: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 (Nbc Symphony / Toscanini) (1945)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Classique - Paru chez Music and Arts Programs of America le 1 avr. 2011
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Rachmaninoff: Concerto pour piano No. 2, Op. 18 (Mono Version)
Arthur Rubinstein, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann
Classique - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1952
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Walter Schneiderhan, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arturo Toscanini, Jascha Horenstein
Classique - Paru chez Archipel le 19 nov. 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo