Vladimir Golschmann (16 December 1893 – 1 March 1972) was a French conductor. Vladimir Golschmann was born in Paris. He studied violin at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He was a notable advocate of the music of the composers known as Les six. In Paris, he had his own concert series, the Concerts Golschmann, which began in 1919. He became the director of music activities at the Sorbonne, at the behest of the French government. Golschmann also conducted performances at the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. In the United States, Golschmann was the music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) from 1931 to 1958, their longest-serving music director. His initial contract was for 3 years, and the successive contracts were renewed yearly. For the last three years of his tenure, he was named conductor emeritus, during their search for a successor music director. In his later years, Golschmann also worked with the orchestras of Tulsa and Denver. He died in New York City.
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.
Frédéric Chopin
Etude No. 2, Op. 10
Etude No. 6, Op. 10
Etude No. 9, Op. 25
Mazurka No. 2, Op. 56
Mazurka No. 3, Op. 67
Prelude No. 4, Op. 28
Prelude No. 6, Op. 28
Prelude No. 12, Op. 28
Prelude No. 13, Op. 28
Prelude No. 21, Op. 28
(orchestration by Vladimir Golschmann)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann
1950's
Compiling the works of Frederic Chopin
(orchestration by Hans Swarowsky)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hans Swarowsky
1950's
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Ottorino Respighi
Rossiniana
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Golschmann
1950's
