Symphony of the Air

~ Orchestra

Annotation

Symphony of the Air, formed in the autumn of 1954 from former members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (which had disbanded by then), was the same orchestra identified on the Victory at Sea album series as the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra.

Annotation last modified on 2011-10-19 13:11 UTC.

Previously known as: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
—	Presentation Album No. 2	Symphony of the Air		1

Year	Title	Artist	Releases
1958	Saint-Saëns: Concerto no. 2 / Franck: Symphonic Variations	Saint-Saëns, Franck; Rubinstein, Wallenstein, Symphony of the Air	2
1958	Tribute To Arturo Toscanini	Symphony of the Air	1
1959	Concerto no. 3	Sergei Rachmaninov; Symphony of the Air, Kiril Kondrashin, Van Cliburn	3
1965	Symphonie Nr. 1 c-moll op. 68	Johannes Brahms; Symphony of the Air Orchestra, New York, Igor Markevitch	1
1976	Klavierkonzert f-moll / Andante Spianato und Grande Polonaise	Chopin; Arthur Rubinstein, Symphony of the Air Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein	1
1991	America: An Epic Rhapsody in Three Parts for Orchestra	Ernest Bloch; Leopold Stokowski, The Symphony of the Air, The American Concert Choir	1
1991	Music of Samuel Barber	Samuel Barber; Symphony of the Air, Vladimir Golschmann	1
2001	The Plow That Broke the Plains / The River	Virgil Thomson; Leopold Stokowski & Symphony of the Air	1
2012	Copland: Piano Concerto / Menotti: Piano Concerto	Aaron Copland, Gian Carlo Menotti; Earl Wild, Symphony of the Air, Aaron Copland, Jorge Mester	1
—	Wagner conducted by Leopold Stokowski	Wagner; Leopold Stokowski, Symphony of the Air & Chorus	1

Year	Title	Artist	Releases
1998	Bernstein Century: The Age of Anxiety / Serenade After Plato's "Symposium"	Leonard Bernstein; Symphony of the Air, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein	1
2003	Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre / Ponce: Concierto del Sur / Boccherini: Guitar Concerto	Rodrigo, Ponce, Boccherini; Symphony of the Air, Enrique Jordá, Andrés Segovia	1
2007	Saint-Saëns: Concerto no. 2 / Franck: Symphonic Variations / Liszt: Concerto no. 1	Saint‐Saëns, Franck, Liszt; Arthur Rubinstein, Symphony of the Air, Alfred Wallenstein	2
2011	Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat / Hartmann: Symphony no. 2 “Adagio” / Hansson: Symphony no. 4 “Requiem” / Harris: Symphony no. 7 / Hovhaness: Symphony no. 3	Stravinsky, Hindemith, Hartmann, Hanson, Harris, Hovhaness; NBC Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski	1
—	Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite / Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture / Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude	Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Wagner; Symphony of the Air	1