Hans Swarowsky
Known as widely for his teaching as for his orchestral direction, Hans Swarowsky had much to share with a younger generation of musicians. He studied composition and conducting with several of the twentieth century's greatest icons, absorbing and exercising what he had learned in a respected career as a conductor. Despite an uneven cast, his recording of Wagner's Ring cycle, taped in Prague, has considerable power and poetry.
Born in Hungary, Swarowsky studied in Vienna with composers Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern and trained in conducting with Felix Weingartner, Richard Strauss, and Clemens Krauss. His engagements subsequently took him to many parts of Europe, first to Stuttgart and Hamburg, later to Berlin (1934), Zürich (1937-1940), and Krakow (1944-1946).
Following several harrowing experiences in flight from the Nazis, Swarowsky found his career stabilized once more in the postwar period with an engagement at Graz from 1947-1950. During this time and in subsequent assignments at the Wiener Staatsoper, Swarowsky was recognized as a conductor with a long measure of technical expertise. Thus, his classes at Vienna's Academy of Music and the Performing Arts, where he had been professor of conducting since 1946, drew a remarkable pool of aspiring young musicians. Among them were Claudio Abbado, Jesús López-Cobos, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Bruno Weil, later to be among the most prominent of their generation. Vienna's Hans Swarowsky International Conductors' Competition has attracted musicians from all parts of the globe, becoming in the process one of the world's most important clearing houses for rising talent.
From 1957 to 1959, Swarowsky served as chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra. In 1959, he was appointed chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra; together with his service to that ensemble, he continued to appear with the Wiener Staatsoper.
In addition to performing compositions from the Classical and Romantic periods, Swarowsky served his own age with diligence. Aside from Strauss and Webern, composers such as Britten, Einem, Hindemith, Pfitzner, and Stravinsky figured prominently in the conductor's programming. Among his recordings for Concert Hall, Erato, Nonesuch, Vanguard, Vox, and Weltbild, he committed to disc an especially delightful set of orchestral suites from Humperdinck operas.
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Mono Version)
Pro Musica Orchester Wien, Hans Swarowsky, Jean Christophe Benoit
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1963
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Brahms: Symphonie No. 1 (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'opéra d'état de Vienne, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1963
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Chopin: Nocturnes, Impromptus & Concerto pour piano No. 1 (Mono Version)
Guiomar Novaes, Pro Musica Orchester Wien, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 2013
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The Classical Novaes
Guiomar Novaes, Bamberger Symphoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Jonel Perlea, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Vox Legends le 1 janv. 1993
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Grosses Symphonieorchster, Dadezda Kniplova, Gerald McKey, Rolf Polke, Hans Swarowsky, Fritz Uhl
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 2009
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Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201
Bamberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Red Note OMP le 17 mai 2010
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Wagner: Die Walkure Highlights
Grosses Symphonieorchester, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 2009
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Wagner: Gotterdammerung Highlights
Grosses Symphonieorchestra, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 2009
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Wagner: Die Walkure
Grosses Symphonieorchester, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 janv. 2009
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Wagner: Siegfried Highlights
Grosses Symphonieorchster, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Denon le 1 juil. 2009
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Impromptus Nos. 1-3 & Fantasy-Impromptu
Mieczysław Horszowski, Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Vox le 1 janv. 1972
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Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto In E Flat Major / Italian Overture No. 4 In D Major
Vienna Philharmusica Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Haydn, Adolph Holler, Hans Swarowsky
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 16 nov. 2012
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Festival d'ouvertures célèbres No. 1 (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1954
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Festival d'ouvertures célèbres No. 2 (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1954
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Mozart: Don Giovanni (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky, Mariano Stabile, Hilde Konetzni
Classique - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1953
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Solo Piano Works
Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra, Hans Swarowsky, Rena Kyriakou
Classique - Paru chez HORTUS le 11 janv. 1991
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R. Strauss: Medley of Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier - J. Strauss II: Straussiana (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'opéra d'état de Vienne, Vaclav Smetacek, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1959
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Weber: Concertos pour piano Nos. 1 & 2 (Mono Version)
Friedrich Wuhrer, Pro Musica Orchester Wien, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1954
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Liszt: Rhapsodie hongroise No. 2 (Orchestral Version, Mono Version)
Wiener Festspielorchester, Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1961
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Wagner: Extraits orchestraux célèbres (Mono Version)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester , Hans Swarowsky
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1962
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mono Version)
Orazio Frugoni, Hans Swarowsky, Pro Musica Orchester Wien
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1960
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