Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Other Recordings

Other Recordings

The term Columbia Symphony Orchestra was also used when, for contractual reasons, another orchestra could not appear under its own name. Many Los Angeles Philharmonic musicians also played with the Columbia Symphony, and some reports mention that the entire Philharmonic frequently played as the Columbia Symphony.

There was also a Columbia Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, sometimes called the CBS Symphony Orchestra, which frequently performed on CBS Radio broadcasts and made 78-rpm recordings for Columbia Records during the 1940s, usually conducted by Howard Barlow. The composer Bernard Herrmann conducted the orchestra for some broadcasts, especially The Mercury Theatre on the Air and The Campbell Playhouse programs presented by Orson Welles.