RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra was a New York City "pick-up" orchestra drawn from members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra. Formerly known as the Victor Symphony Orchestra. (A later incarnation, the RCA Symphony Orchestra, was used on Reader's Digest & RCA recordings).
See also: the RCA Victor Chorus & RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, and Brazilian-based groups Orquestra RCA Victor & Côro RCA Victor. There were also other "dance" orchestras: The RCA Victor Folk Dance Orchestra & RCA Victor Square Dance Orchestra.

The group began as the "Victor Symphony Orchestra," created by Nathaniel Shilkret. The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra (sometimes presented as the "RCA Symphony Orchestra") was founded in 1940 in Camden, NJ (USA). The name was later used for free-lance orchestras, mainly in New York City, assembled as needed to make recordings for Reader's Digest through the early 1960s. The orchestra was disbanded in the early 1960s when Reader's Digest began moving much of its Red Seal recording activity to Europe and established the RCA Italiana Symphony Orchestra / RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra at its studios in Rome. At this time, Charles Gerhardt created the RCA Symphony Orchestra, which was used on Reader's Digest & RCA recordings.

The orchestra recorded under the pseudonyms "Regent Symphony Orchestra" or "Golden Symphony Orchestra" on budget label recordings.