Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Toscanini, NBC Symphony, 1948)

Telecast live on April 3, 1948 over the NBC Television and Radio Networks. NBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Featuring the Robert Shaw Chorale, Anne McKnight: soprano; Jane Hobson: contralto; Irwin Dillon: tenor; and Norman Scott: bass. The program opens and closes with Ben Grauer’s narration, and Maestro Shaw is seen at the end of the concert as Toscanini brings him out for a curtain call.