He was the first conductor to make a complete stereophonic recording of "The Nutcracker", by Tchaikovsky. He made it in the mid-1950s with Sir
Thomas Beecham's Royal Philahrmonic Orchestra, in one of that orchestra's first recordings without its regular conductor. The recording was issued by Westminster, but only in mono, although the master tape had been recorded in stereo. Because of this, the first complete "Nutcracker" to be issued in stereo turned out to be
Ernest Ansermet's 1958 2-LP album on Decca/London Records, made with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. It was not until its recent CD release that Rodzinski's recording was issued in stereo for the first time.
