Henry Swoboda (1897-1990) was a Czech-born conductor, active in Europe and the United States. He was associated with a wide repertory and with a number of post-war recordings.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears with Paul Badura-Skoda in Scriabin and Rimsky-Korsakov piano concertos with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

Swoboda’s conducting, as represented here, is the practical soloist-supporting art: enough colour and drive to frame the concerto, enough restraint not to crowd the keyboard.

His page is justified by repeated catalogue presence and secure identity. Swoboda gives this concerto corner a steady Viennese podium outline.