String Quintet (Bruckner) the Bamberger Symphoniker (Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek). The CD was released in 1995 on the label Orfeo International Music GmbH, Munich (C348951A). Peter Stangel has edited the work for chamber ensemble: "Stangel has extended the solo string quintet by double bass, woodwind and two horns to a veritable 'chamber symphony'" and has recorded his arrangement with the chamber ensemble "Die Taschenphilharmonie". The CD (live recording) was released in 2007 on the CD label Solo Musica. Gerd Schaller has made an adaptation for a large orchestra (two woodwinds, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings): "The orchestral version shows that
Wind quintet Wind quintet A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon). Some quintets alternatively use an English horn instead of a French horn. The term also applies to a composition for such a group. Unlike the string quartet (of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre. The modern wind quintet sprang from the octet ensemble favored in the court of Joseph II in late 18th