NBC Symphony Orchestra
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra conceived by David Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America, the parent corporation of the National Broadcasting Company especially for the conductor Arturo Toscanini. The NBC Symphony Orchestra performed weekly radio broadcast concerts with Toscanini and other conductors and several of its players served in the house orchestra for the NBC Radio Network. NBC encouraged the public’s perception of the Orchestra as a full-time organization exclusively at Toscanini’s beck and call, but Fortune disclosed in 1938 that these instrumentalists played other radio—and, later, television—broadcasts: “the Toscanini concerts have been allocated only fifteen of the thirty hours a week each man works, including rehearsals.”The orchestra's first broadcast was on November 13, 1937, and it continued until disbanded in April 1954. A new ensemble, independent of the network, called the Symphony of the Air, followed. It was made up of former members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and performed from 1954 to 1963, particularly under Leopold Stokowski. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
New York, NY : RCA Victor Gold Seal : Manufactured and distributed by BMG Music, 1991
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”New York, NY : RCA Victor Gold Seal : Manufactured and distributed by BMG Music, 1991
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by Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Erba (Como), Italy : Grammofono 2000, 1998
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Erba (Como), Italy : Grammofono 2000, 1998
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by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
New York : RCA Victor Red Seal, 1950
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”New York : RCA Victor Red Seal, 1950
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144
by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1950
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1950
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by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
London : RCA Victrola, 1970
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”London : RCA Victrola, 1970
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147
by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor Red Seal, 1950
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor Red Seal, 1950
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by Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957
Hampton, England : Dell'Arte Records, 1984
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Hampton, England : Dell'Arte Records, 1984
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150
by Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828
New York : RCA Victor, 1955
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”New York : RCA Victor, 1955
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by Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1950
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1950
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by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
New York : RCA Victrola, 1968
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”New York : RCA Victrola, 1968
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by Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1950
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1950
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by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
[Italy] : Arkadia, 1999
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”[Italy] : Arkadia, 1999
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by Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
RCA Victor 1954
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”RCA Victor 1954
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by Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881
RCA Victor 1954
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”RCA Victor 1954
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by Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881
New York, NY : RCA Victor Gold Seal : Distributed by BMG Music, 1990
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”New York, NY : RCA Victor Gold Seal : Distributed by BMG Music, 1990
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by Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1956
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”Camden, N.J. : RCA Victor, 1956
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by Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
RCA Victor 1960
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”RCA Victor 1960
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by Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
[Camden, NJ?] : RCA Victor, 1952
“...NBC Symphony Orchestra...”[Camden, NJ?] : RCA Victor, 1952
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