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The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, sometimes also known as the Victor Symphony Orchestra, the RCA Victor Salon Orchestra, the RCA Victor Orchestra or 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 was later 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 these 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.
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The Best of Everything [2017]
Song | Duration |
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If You Were Mine | 2:58 |
Memories [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Do You Wonder | 3:00 |
Carols for Christmas: Original Album Classics [Masterworks] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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O Little Town of Bethlehem | 3:56 |
Greatest Hits [Sony] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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You do something to me, song (from "Fifty Million Frenchmen") | 2:25 |
Original Album Classics [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Love in a Home (from Li'l Abner) | 2:23 |
The Lord's Prayer | 3:23 |
O Holy Night | 4:08 |
Guardian Angels | 4:03 |
Ave Maria (after Bach) | 2:40 |
Because | 2:11 |
Under the Influence: Super Furry Animals [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) | 4:34 |
Be My Love [ASV/Living Era] [2003]
50's Golden Jukebox: Remembering When [2000]
Song | Duration |
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The Loveliest Night of the Year | 3:35 |
The World's Greatest Arias [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Au Fond du Temple Saint [From the Pearl Fishers] | 4:36 |
You'll Never Walk Alone [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Love in a Home | 2:24 |
Cole Porter: A Centennial Celebration [1991]
Song | Duration |
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In the Still of the Night | 2:56 |
Hooray for Hollywood [RCA] [1991]
Song | Duration |
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The Loveliest Night of the Year | 3:33 |
The Great Singing Screen Stars [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Smilin' Through | 3:24 |
The Mario Lanza Collection [1991]
Song | Duration |
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If You Were Mine | 3:01 |
Love in a Home | 2:24 |
Do You Wonder | 2:59 |
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise | 3:56 |
One Alone | 2:04 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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You do something to me, song (from "Fifty Million Frenchmen") | 2:26 |
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