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Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899 – September 10, 1975) was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth. Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. His teachers in musical theory included Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern. Herbert von Karajan invited him to take on the permanent position as conductor of the Vienna State Opera. He became a professor of conducting at the Vienna Music Academy. His many conducting students included Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Alexis Hauser, Alexander Alexeev, Zubin Mehta, Leonid Nikolaev, Paul Angerer, Ádám and Iván Fischer, Avi Ostrowsky Jesús López-Cobos, Gustav Meier, Miltiades Caridis, Aleksandr Alekseyev, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Brian Jackson, Alfred Prinz, Bryan Fairfax, James Allen Gähres, Albert Rosen and Bruno Weil. Otmar Suitner was Hans Swarowsky's successor at the Vienna Music Academy. Swarowsky's lectures and essays were collected into the publication Wahrung der Gestalt (Keeping Shape), which today serves as an encyclopaedia for performance and conducting. From 1957 to 1959 he was chief conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (now the Royal Scottish N.O.). He died in Salzburg, Austria, less than a week before his 76th birthday.
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  2.   Das Rheingold: Riesenwurm, winde sich ringelnd by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  3.   Das Rheingold: Habt acht ! Habt acht ! by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  4.   Das Rheingold: Was wollt ihr hier ? by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  5.   Die Walküre: Du sahest der Walküre sehrenden Blick featuring Hans Swarowsky
  6.   Die Walküre: Hinweg ! Hinweg ! Flieh die Entweihte featuring Hans Swarowsky
  7.   Die Walküre: Schlimm, fürcht ich, schloss der Streit featuring Hans Swarowsky
  8.   Das Rheingold: Lauschtest du seinem Liebesgruß ? by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  9.   Das Rheingold: Halt ! Nicht sie berührt ! by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  10.   Die Walküre: Heut hast du s erlebt featuring Hans Swarowsky
  11.   Das Rheingold: Bin ich nun frei ? by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  12.   Das Rheingold: Wohlan, die Nibelungen rief ich mir nah by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  13.   Die Walküre: Lass ich s verlauten featuring Hans Swarowsky
  14.   Das Rheingold: Da, Vetter, sitze du fest by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  15.   Die Walküre: Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht ! featuring Hans Swarowsky
  16.   Götterdämmerung: Zurück vom Ring by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  17.   Die Walküre: Deinen leichten Sinn lass dich denn Leiten ? featuring Hans Swarowsky
  18.   Götterdämmerung: Vorspiel / Prelude Akt 3 by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  19.   Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde, heilige Braut by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  20.   Götterdämmerung: Hoiho! Ihr Gibichsmannen by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  21.   Götterdämmerung: Heil dir, Gunther ! by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  22.   Götterdämmerung: Schläfst du, Hagen, mein Sohn by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  23.   Götterdämmerung: Mein Erbe nun nehm ich zu eigen by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  24.   Götterdämmerung: Grane, mein Roß, sei mir gegrüßt by Grosses Symphonieorchster
  25.   Götterdämmerung: Trauermarsch - Funeral March by Grosses Symphonieorchster
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