RCA Victor Orchestra
The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, sometimes also known as the Victor Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Salon Orchestra, the RCA Victor Orchestra and the RCA Orchestra, was an American studio orchestra founded in 1940 by the RCA Victor record label for the purposes of making recordings. The Victor Talking Machine Company had employed a studio orchestra since the days of acoustical recording early in the 20th century. In the 1920s, Victor established the Victor Salon Orchestra based at the company's headquarters in Camden, New Jersey. This group consisted of musicians primarily from nearby Philadelphia and New York City and was created by longtime Victor staff conductor and arranger Nathaniel Shilkret. The name later was used for free-lance orchestras, mainly in New York City, assembled as needed to make recordings for RCA Victor through the early 1960s. Its players were recruited primarily from the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and other major New York ensembles. The RCA Victor Orchestra recorded with several notable conductors including Leopold Stokowski, Fritz Reiner, Dmitri Mitropoulos, William Steinberg and Leonard Bernstein. A number of their recordings received Grammy Awards. The orchestra was disbanded in the early 1960s when RCA Victor began moving much of its Red Seal recording activity to Europe and established the RCA Italiana Orchestra at its studios in Rome. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1940, Died Ceased 1963
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
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Recordings (Results 26-42 of 42 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D4RB-0717 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | A little bit of heaven | Maximilian Pilzer ; Leonard Warren | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D4RB-0718 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | When Irish eyes are smiling | Maximilian Pilzer ; Leonard Warren | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D5RC-1413 | 12-in. | 10/3/1945 | How beautiful are the feet | Sylvan Levin ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D5RC-1414 | 12-in. | 10/3/1945 | Alleluja | Sylvan Levin ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D5RC-1415 | 12-in. | 10/3/1945 | Hear ye, Israel! | Sylvan Levin ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D5RC-1418 | 12-in. | 10/5/1945 | Laudamus Te | Joseph Fuchs ; Sylvan Levin ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with solo violin and orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D5RC-1419 | 12-in. | 10/5/1945 | Only bleed and break thou loving heart | Sylvan Levin ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D5RC-1420 | 12-in. | 10/5/1945 | Et incarnatus est | Sylvan Levin ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D7RC-7121 | 12-in. | 1/14/1947 | Mi chiamano Mimì | Dorothy Kirsten ; Jean-Paul Morel ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D7RC-7122 | 12-in. | 1/14/1947 | Addio di Mimì | Dorothy Kirsten ; Jean-Paul Morel ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D7RC-7123 | 12-in. | 1/14/1947 | In quelle trine morbide (In those soft silken curtains) | Dorothy Kirsten ; Jean-Paul Morel ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D7RC-7124 | 12-in. | 1/14/1947 | Mort de Thaïs (Te souvient—il du lumineux voyage) | Dorothy Kirsten ; Robert Merrill ; Jean-Paul Morel ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D9RC-1284 | 12-in. | 10/28/1949 | Granada | Mario Lanza ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D9RC-1782 | 12-in. | 5/24/1949 | Phidylé | Erich Leinsdorf ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D9RC-1783 | 12-in. | 5/24/1949 | L'invitation au voyage | Erich Leinsdorf ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D9RC-1784 | 12-in. | 5/24/1949 | O lovely moon (Air of Russalka) | Erich Leinsdorf ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group | |
Victor | D9RC-1785 | 12-in. | 5/24/1949 | Maiden's lament | Erich Leinsdorf ; Dorothy Maynor ; RCA Victor Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "RCA Victor Orchestra," accessed May 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116586.
RCA Victor Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116586.
"RCA Victor Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 May 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Discogs: RCA Victor Orchestra
Allmusic: RCA Victor Orchestra
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LCNAR: RCA Victor Orchestra - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94019932
Wikidata: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7276066
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/129458552
MusicBrainz: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3b3ad270-1e27-4086-9d15-a9fba99009d7
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