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German Wind Quintets - Quintette Aquilon

Crystal Classics  N 80 001

Stereo/Multichannel

Classical - Chamber

Klughardt: Wind quintet, Op. 95
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik für 5 Bläser, Op. 24 No. 2
Eisler: Divertimento, Op. 4
Stockhausen: Adieu
Foerster: Wind quintet in D major, Op. 95
Haas: Wind quintet, Op. 10
Pauer: Quintetto a fiato
Feld: Wind quintet no. 2

Quintette Aquilon

All

Resolutions (2)

• 2.0 LPCM 24bit/96kHz
• 5.1 DTS HD MA 24bit/96kHz

Works (8)

• August Klughardt: Wind Quintet, Op. 95
• Hanns Eisler: Divertimento, Op. 4
• Jindrich Feld: Wind Quintet No. 2
• Jiří Pauer: Quintetto a fiato
• Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Wind Quintet in D major, Op. 95
• Karlheinz Stockhausen: Adieu, No. 21
• Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24 No. 2
• Pavel Haas: Wind Quintet, Op. 10