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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Beethoven: Concerto pour Piano No. 5, Op. 73 "Empereur" (Stereo Version)
Orchestre de l'opéra d'état de Vienne, Hans Swarowsky, Walther Kamper
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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Menahem Pressler: Chopin
Menahem Pressler, David Josefowitz, Hans Swarowsky, Vienna Opera Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Doron Music em 01/01/2012
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Don Giovanni
Opera - Lançado por Preiser Records em 07/02/1995
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Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1 / Overture No. 4 in D Major Hob. Ia:4
Classical - Lançado por Mezzoforte em 18/01/2019
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The Art of Ivry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis, Wiener Symphoniker, Heinrich Hollreiser, Jascha Horenstein, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por Vox Legends em 01/01/1992
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 – Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Ivry Gitlis, Pro Musica Symphony, Vienna, Hans Swarowsky, Jascha Horenstein
Classical - Lançado por Artemisia em 16/04/2021
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Humperdinck - Sleeping Beauty - Excerpts From 'Kings Children' - Fantasy On A Theme From 'Hansel And Gretel'
Engelbert Humperdinck, Hans Swarowsky, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 01/01/1990
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Tchaikovsky: Suite du Lac des cygnes (Mono Version)
Wiener Festspielorchester, Hans Swarowsky
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1957
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Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Complete
Grosses Symphonieorchster, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 01/01/2009
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Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Liszt: Piano Concertos
Paul Badura-Skoda, London Promenade Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Artur Rodzinski, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por Gramola Records em 17/03/2017
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Saint-Saëns: Concertos pour piano Nos. 2 & 5 (Mono Version)
Orazio Frugoni, Hans Swarowsky, Pro Musica Orchester Wien
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1955
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Mendelssohn: Concerto pour violon, Op. 64 - Tchaikovsky: Concerto pour violon, Op. 35 (Mono Version)
Ivry Gitlis, Hans Swarowsky, Heinrich Hollreiser
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1955
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Wagner: Ouvertüre & Vorspiele (Stereo Version)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Heinrich Hollreiser, Hans Swarowsky
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1960
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Tchaikowsky: Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian" & Symphony No. 3 "Polish"
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por HORTUS em 18/01/1991
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Strauss, le roi de la valse (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'opéra d'état de Vienne, Hans Swarowsky
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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Humperdinck: Tone Picture from Sleeping Beauty
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por Tuxedo em 07/09/1990
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & 4 Impromptus
Mieczysław Horszowski, Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por Vox Legends em 01/01/1993
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Rossini: Guillaume Tell, ouverture (Mono Version)
Hans Swarowsky, Wiener Symphoniker
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 “Little Russian”
Hans Swarowsky, Vienna Philharmusica Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Mezzoforte em 05/04/2019
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Schütz: La Nativité
Choeurs de l'Orchestre de Chambre de l'Opéra de Vienne, Terese Stich-Randall, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por ClassicMelody.fr em 01/01/1960
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Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 'Little Russian' - Symphony No. 3 'Polish'
Hans Swarowsky, Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 01/01/2007
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