The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra was an American

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 symphony orchestra founded in 1940 by the RCA Victor music label. Based in Camden, New Jersey

Camden, New Jersey

The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

, the orchestra made numerous recordings up through the early 1960s with notable conductors like Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British-born, naturalised American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.In America, Stokowski...

 and Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...

. A number of their recordings received Grammy Awards. In the early 1960s the orchestra disbanded, and RCA replaced the ensemble with the RCA Italiana Orchestra

RCA Italiana Orchestra

The RCA Italiana Orchestra was an orchestra formed by the American music label RCA Victor during the early 1960s. The orchestra was formed as a replacement for the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for the purposes of saving money. Unlike the RVSO, the RIO was not a full-time orchestra which worked...

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