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Helmut Franz

Helmut Franz is credited on 172 releases across 34 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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172

Pressings credited

34

Albums

7

Decades active

99

In collections

Biography

Helmut Franz (1911 – 30 January 2002) was a German academic teacher and conductor who was known particularly for his work as a choral conductor. He was the director of NDR Chor, based in Hamburg, from 1966 to 1987, focused on a cappella music and contemporary classical music.

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Credited work

172 releases · 34 albums · active 1968–2023

  • Mastering · 99
  • Performance · 72
  • Other credits · 24

Studios: Herkulessaal, München · Lutherkirche, Wellingsbüttel · Tonstudio II · Alte Oper

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Mahler
  • Various
  • Ligeti
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Beethoven
  • Friedrich Smetana
  • Cornelius Cardew
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

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