The historic Toscanini television concerts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Broadcast #1 was of a concert on April 3, 1948, at NBC Studio 8H, featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"). (Concerts #1 and #2 were released on "Vol. 1" in the DVD series.)
Director:
Arturo Toscanini
Conductor (self)
Anne McKnight
Soprano
Jane Hobson
Contralto
Erwin Dillon
Tenor
Norman Scott
Bass