Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899 – September 10, 1975) was an Austrian conductor, 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 Leonid Nikolaev, Paul Angerer, Claudio Abbado, Iván Fischer, Jesús López-Cobos, Zubin Mehta, Miltiades Caridis, Alexander Alexeev, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Brian Jackson, Alfred Prinz, and Albert Rosen. 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. He died in Salzburg, Austria a few days before his 76th birthday.
 
Nedda Casei Teresa Stich-Randall 
Kurt Equiluz Никаких данных о Николаусе Симковском, представленном в этой записи, я не нашёл. Franz Joseph Haydn Mass in D minor, H 22 No. 11 "Nelsonmesse" Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano Nedda Casei, alto Kurt Equiluz, tenor Nikolaus Simkowsky, bass Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra Hans Swarowsky late 1950's
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